Body Location or Region
wrist Audio
wrist [ rist ]
Subclass of:
Upper Extremity
Definitions related to wrist:
  • Region of the upper limb between the forearm and the hand.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The region of the upper limb between the metacarpus and the FOREARM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (carpal region) The area of the body located between the antebrachial and metacarpal regions.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Wrist, complex joint between the five metacarpal bones of the hand and the radius and ulna bones of the forearm. The wrist is composed of eight or nine small, short bones (carpal bones) roughly arranged in two rows. The wrist is also made up of several component joints: the distal radioulnar joint...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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