metacarpus in English
noun
1
the group of five bones of the hand between the wrist (carpus) and the fingers.
It may appear in two forms: slips arising from the back of the wrist, and slips arising from the carpus or metacarpus may be connected to the tendons of interosseous muscles as well as to the tendons of the extensor.
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1. This fact is important when considering intra-articular and regional anesthesia of the proximal palmar metaCarpus.
2. Injury to the Carpus most commonly occurs within the antebrachiocarpal and middle carpal joints. Injuries of the proximal metaCarpus, which can involve the carpometacarpal joint, are discussed in Chapter 92