METACARPAL BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metacarpal bone mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METACARPAL BONE (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 bone" is a kind of...):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

A muscle originating at the humeral and ulnar heads and inserted at the base of the fifth metacarpal bone that controls the extension and abduction of the wrist toward the ulna.

(Extensor Carpi Ulnaris, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating at the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and inserted at the back base of the second metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and deviation of the wrist.

(Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

An arched blood vessel arising from the terminal portion of the radial artery and the ulnar artery located on the bases of the metacarpal bones.

(Deep Palmar Artery, 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)

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

(Carpometacarpal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle originating at the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and inserted at the third metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and abduction of the wrist.

(Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis, NCI Thesaurus)