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- Definition die die Handwurzel bildenden Knochen mit distaler und proximaler Reihe durch Ligg. intercarpea interossea, palm und dors. miteinander verbunden Reference Reallex Med
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- Definition "any of several small angular bones that in humans make up the wrist (carpus1), and in horses, cows, and other quadrupeds the “knee” of the foreleg21 carpus [ IATE:1244830 ]2 foreleg [ IATE:1257287 ]" Reference """carpal bone""; Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition, 2014. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/96669/carpal-bone [7.2.2014]"
- Comment Primitive vertebrates typically had 12 bones. In modern amphibians, reptiles, and birds, the number is reduced by fusion. In humans there are eight, arranged in two rows. The bones in the row toward the forearm are the scaphoid, lunate, triangular and pisiform.