carpal bone

  • 91hand — handlike, adj. /hand/, n. 1. the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb. 2. the corresponding part of the forelimb in any of the higher vertebrates. 3 …

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  • 92Hand — /hand/, n. Learned /lerr nid/, 1872 1961, U.S. jurist. * * * End part of the arm, consisting of the wrist joint, palm, thumb, and fingers. The hand has great mobility and flexibility to carry out precise movements. Bipedal locomotion in humans… …

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  • 94Albert C. Geyser — is known for creating the Cornell Tube in 1905, named after the college with which he was associated. The Cornell Tube was made of heavy lead glass through which no x rays were thought to be emitted and was thought to eliminate the danger of… …

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  • 95intermedium — noun a) An intermediary b) A central carpal bone or tarsal bone …

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  • 96radiale — noun The carpal bone in the tetrapod forelimb that corresponds to the scaphoid bone in humans …

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  • 97wristbone — wrist·bone .bōn n 1) a carpal bone 2) the styloid process of the human radius that forms a prominence on the outer side of the wrist above the thumb …

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  • 98lunate — [ lu:neɪt] adjective crescent shaped. noun 1》 Archaeology a crescent shaped stone implement. 2》 (also lunate bone) Anatomy a crescent shaped carpal bone in the centre of the wrist. Origin C18: from L. lunatus, from luna moon …

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  • 99triquetral — (also triquetral bone) noun Anatomy a carpal bone on the outside of the wrist, articulating with the lunate, hamate, and pisiform bones. Origin C17: from L. triquetrus three cornered + al …

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  • 100Intercarpal — In ter*car pal, a. (Anat.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments. [1913 Webster] …

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