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Definition of Metacarpi
1. metacarpus [n] - See also: metacarpus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacarpi
Literary usage of Metacarpi
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)
"The Extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis is the most external and the largest of
... Its direction is similar to that of the Extensor ossis metacarpi pollicis, ..."
2. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"DORSALIS metacarpi. The RADIAL ARTERY, continuing its course under the extensor
tendons of the thumb, sends off the dorsalis ..."
3. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"... ossis metacarpi pollicis manus, (Fig. 230.)— This muscle, called also extensor
primi pollicis, arises fleshy from the posterior part of the ulna, ..."
4. The Dissectors' Manual of Practical and Surgical Anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1854)
"The EXTENSOR Ossis metacarpi POLLICIS is placed immediately below the supinator
brevis. It arises from the ulna, interosseous membrane, and radius, ..."
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