Definition of Metacarpi

1. Noun. (plural of metacarpus) ¹

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Definition of Metacarpi

1. metacarpus [n] - See also: metacarpus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacarpi

metaboric
metaboric acid
metaborite
metabotropic
metabotropic receptor
metabranchial
metacalciouranoite
metacarpal
metacarpal artery
metacarpal bone
metacarpal index
metacarpal vein
metacarpal veins
metacarpals
metacarpectomy
metacarpi (current term)
metacarpohypothenar reflex
metacarpophalangeal
metacarpophalangeal articulations
metacarpophalangeal joint
metacarpophalangeal joints
metacarpothenar reflex
metacarpus
metacenter
metacenters
metacentre
metacentres
metacentric
metacentric chromosome
metacentric stability

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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