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Definition of Carpus

Carpus
Carpus Car"pus, n.; pl. Carpi. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Meaning of Carpus from wikipedia

- In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of...
- make up the wrist (carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm. The terms "carpus" and "carpal" are derived from the Latin carpus and the Gr**** καρπός...
- Carpus is a Latin word for "wrist". Carpus may also refer to: Carpus Loveland, American politician active in the 1870s Carpus of Antioch, ancient Gr****...
- Carpus of Beroea (Gr****: Κάρπος) of the Seventy Disciples is commemorated by the Church on 26 May with St. Alphaeus, and on 4 January with the rest of...
- human forearm that acts to flex and (radially) abduct the hand. The Latin carpus means wrist; hence flexor carpi is a flexor of the wrist. The flexor carpi...
- Carpus of Antioch (Gr****: Κάρπος) was an ancient Gr**** mathematician. It is not certain when he lived; he may have lived any time between the 2nd century...
- (middle finger) is the most rigid. It and its two neighbors are tied to the carpus by the interlocking shapes of the metacarpal bones. The thumb metacarpal...
- to heal ("non-union") will lead to post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the carpus.: 189  One reason for this is because of the "tenuous" blood supply to the...
- bone) is located in the wrist on the medial side of the proximal row of the carpus between the lunate and pisiform bones. It is on the ulnar side of the hand...
- The Acts of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice is a martyrdom account about three Christians traveling through Pergamum until they are discovered by the pagan...