English > carpal bone: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates. |
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| Synonyms | carpal, wrist bone |
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| Part of | wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea | A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones |
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| Narrower | capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum | The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus |
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| hamate, hamate bone, unciform bone, os hamatum | The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers |
| lunate bone, semilunar bone, os lunatum | One of the eight small wrist bones |
| pisiform, pisiform bone, os pisiforme | A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral |
| scaphoid bone, os scaphoideum, navicular | The largest wrist bone on the thumb side |
| trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezium | The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals |
| trapezoid, trapezoid bone, os trapezoideum | The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones |
| triquetral, triquetral bone, os triquetrum, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone | A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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| Spanish | carpiano |
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