METACARPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metacarpal mean? 

• METACARPAL (noun)
  The noun METACARPAL has 1 sense:

1. any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers

  Familiarity information: METACARPAL used as a noun is very rare.

• METACARPAL (adjective)
  The adjective METACARPAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the metacarpus

  Familiarity information: METACARPAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METACARPAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

metacarpal; metacarpal bone

Hypernyms ("metacarpal" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("metacarpal" is a part of...):

metacarpus (the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges)

• METACARPAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the metacarpus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

metacarpal bones

Pertainym:

metacarpus (the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges)

Derivation:

metacarpus (the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges)

 Context examples 

Four muscles in the hand between the metacarpal bones originating on the radial side of the metacarpal as well as the ulnar side of the previous metacarpal.

(Dorsal Hand Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A thick, spongy layer of tissue located under the metacarpal and metatarsal joints of the foot.

(Footpad, NCI Thesaurus)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and palmar) that run along the metacarpal bones in the hand controlling the movement of the fingers.

(Hand Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A plane joint between the fifth metacarpal and the pisiform.

(Carpometacarpal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)

The area of the body located between the antebrachial and metacarpal regions.

(Carpal Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A saddle-shaped synovial joint between the metacarpal of the thumb and the trapezium.

(Carpometacarpal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)

The spheroid synovial joints between the metacarpals and the proximal phalanges of the hand.

(Metacarpophalangeal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

The synovial joints between the carpal and metacarpal bones in the hand.

(Carpometacarpal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the first digit of the hand connecting the metacarpal to the proximal phalanx.

(Metacarpophalangeal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the second digit of the hand connecting the metacarpal to the proximal phalanx.

(Metacarpophalangeal Joint 2, NCI Thesaurus)