metacarpal

How To Use metacarpal In A Sentence

• —In the four fingers the phalanges of the first row articulate with those of the second row and with the metacarpals; the phalanges of the second row with those of the first and third rows, and the ungual phalanges with those of the second row. II. Osteology. 6b. 3. The Phalanges of the Hand
• A small posterior element in this limb may be a rudiment of the fifth metacarpal.
• Fracture of the distal aspect of the fifth metacarpal is a relatively common presentation.
• He fractured the fourth metacarpal in his right hand and had to have a plate and six screws inserted into the hand.
• Radiographs showed no fracture of the wrist, metacarpals or other bones.
• The best example of this form is the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb. III. Syndesmology. 3. Classification of Joints
• There are eight carpal bones in the wrist, five metacarpals, and 14 nonsesamoid bones that comprise the phalanges.
• There is a long bone, termed ‘metatarsal’, answering to the metacarpal, for each digit; and the ‘tarsus’, which corresponds with the carpus, presents four short polygonal bones in Essays
• Palmar metacarpal arteries and superficial palmer branches arise from the radial artery.
• Deep in the palm there are other small muscles between the metacarpal bones.