Definition of wrist bone Wrist bone
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What does wrist bone mean?
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| wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | ||
| carpal bone, carpal | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | ||
| navicular, os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone the largest wrist bone on the thumb side | ||
| lunate bone, os lunatum, semilunar bone one of the eight small wrist bones | ||
| cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones | ||
| os pisiforme, pisiform, pisiform bone a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral | ||
| os trapezium, trapezium bone, trapezium the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals | ||
| os trapezoideum, trapezoid bone, trapezoid the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones | ||
| capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | ||
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