Body Space or Junction
carpometacarpal joint
[ kahr-puh-met-uh-kahr-puhl, -met-uh-kahr- joint ]
Subclass of:
Hand joint
Definitions related to carpometacarpal joint:
  • The articulation of the proximal bases of the metacarpal bones and the distal carpal bones in the fingers, and the first metacarpal bone and the trapezium bone of the wrist in the thumb.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The synovial joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones in the hand.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The articulations between the CARPAL BONES and the METACARPAL BONES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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