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Definition of Metacarpal bone
1. Noun. Any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
Definition of Metacarpal bone
1. Noun. Metacarpal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Metacarpal bone
1. One of the metacarpal bones, five long bones (numbered I to V, beginning with the bone on the radial or thumb side) forming the skeleton of the metacarpus or palm; they articulate with the bones of the distal row of the carpus and with the five proximal phalanges. Synonym: os metacarpale. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacarpal Bone
Literary usage of Metacarpal bone
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 (1901)
"In the articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb with the trapezium ...
When the joint is flexed the metacarpal bone is brought in front of the palm ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The base of the metacarpal bone of the index will be seen to be hollowed out for the
... The fifth metacarpal bone articulates with the hamate bone. ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"side of the carpus, between the navicular and the first metacarpal bone.
The superior surface is directed upward and medialward; medially it is smooth, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1838)
"It is quite a mistake to suppose that the end of the metacarpal bone is grasped
by the lateral ligaments, and cannot escape. The internal lateral ligament ..."
5. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"... ligament of the wrist, and is inserted, tendinous and fleshy, into the fore-part
of the metacarpal bone of the little finger, from its base to its head. ..."
6. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"Three dorsal ligaments pass to the second metacarpal bone: one from each of the
... Two dorsal bands pass from the capitate to the third metacarpal bone. ..."
7. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The trapezoid articulates with four bones, viz., the scaphoid, trapezium, os
magnum, and second metacarpal bone. The os magnum is the largest of the carpal ..."
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