Anatomy
carpal bones
[ kahr-puhl bohns ]
Subclass of:
Bone structure of hand
Definitions related to bone structure of carpus:
  • (bone, carpal) Any of the bones of the joint located between the radius and ulna and metacarpus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (carpal bone) Any of the small bones of the wrist joint, located between the radius and the ulna and the metacarpus.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (carpal bones) The eight bones of the wrist: SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; TRIQUETRUM BONE; PISIFORM BONE; TRAPEZIUM BONE; TRAPEZOID BONE; CAPITATE BONE; and HAMATE BONE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Carpal bone, 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. Primitive vertebrates typically had 12. In modern...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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