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Definition of Carpus

1. Noun. A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones.

Definition of Carpus

1. n. The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Definition of Carpus

1. Noun. (skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carpus

1. the wrist [n -PI] - See also: wrist

Medical Definition of Carpus

1. Synonym: wrist. Synonym: carpal bones. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. Gr. Karpos (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpus

Literary usage of Carpus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The skeleton of the Hand is subdivided into three segments—the carpus or ... It is situated at the upper and outer part of the carpus, its long axis being ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1874)
"By BG WILDER, of Ithaca, NY IN a paper " On the composition of the carpus of the dog,"* Prof. Flower describes and figures the*right carpus of a dog about ..."

3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... and two epi- physes; the distal extremity has a concave articular surface for the carpus, and is produced pre-axially into a radial styloid process. ..."

4. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"The bones of the carpus arc also firmly connected to each other by the annular ligament, which is inserted externally into the trapezium and ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1874)
"By BG WILDER, of Ithaca, NY IN a paper "On the composition of the carpus of ... Flower describes and figures the right carpus of a dog about six weeks old ..."

6. A Treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints by Astley Cooper, Bransby Blake Cooper (1851)
"SECTION I.—DISLOCATIONS OF THE carpus. The eight bones of the carpus are joined to each other by short ligaments, which pass from bone to bone, allowing but ..."

7. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"Thus, in the Cat and Pig there are eight bones in the carpus ; but in the Doy and ... The carpus forms the buso of the hand. Situated between the inferior ..."

8. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"THE carpus. The carpus is composed of eight short bones, ... The dorsal surface of the carpus is convex, the palmar is concave from side to side, ..."

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