Metacarpal bones
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| Metacarpal bones | |
|---|---|
| File:Metacarpal bones (left hand) 01 palmar view with label.png Metacarpals shown in red. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | |
| File:Metacarpus ant with label.png The five metacarpal bones, numbered. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | |
| Details | |
| Origins | Carpal bones of wrist |
| Insertions | Proximal phalanges |
| Articulations | Carpometacarpal, intermetacarpal, metacarpophalangeal |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ossa metacarpalia |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
| FMA | {{#property:P1402}} |
| Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
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The metacarpus is the intermediate part of the hand skeleton. It is between the phalanges (bones of the fingers) distally and the carpals which form the connection to the forearm. The metacarpus consists of metacarpal bones.
