carpal bone
1carpal bone — noun any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates • Syn: ↑carpal, ↑wrist bone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Hyponyms: ↑scaphoid bone, ↑os scaphoideum, ↑ …
2Carpal bone — One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones articulate (come together to form a joint) proximally (on their near ends) with the long bones of the forearm the radius and, indirectly, with… …
3carpal bone — ▪ anatomy any of several small angular bones that in humans make up the wrist (carpus), and in horses, cows, and other quadrupeds the “knee” of the foreleg. They correspond to the tarsal bones of the rear or lower limb. Their number varies.… …
4carpal bone — noun Any of the eight bones of the carpus …
5carpal bone central — os centrale …
6carpal bone first — os trapezium …
7carpal bone fourth — os hamatum …
8carpal bone great — os capitatum …
9carpal bone intermediate — os lunatum …
10carpal bone radial — os scaphoideum …