ALL meanings of carpus
car·pus
C c - noun carpus the eight small bones of the human wrist that form the joint between the arm and the hand 3
- noun carpus the corresponding joint in other tetrapod vertebrates 3
- noun carpus the wrist, or the wrist bones 3
- noun carpus anatomy: wrist 1
- noun plural carpus the part of the upper extremity between the hand and the forearm; wrist. 1
- noun plural carpus the wrist bones collectively; the group of bones between the bones of the hand and the radius. 1
- noun carpus The group of small bones between the main part of the forelimb and the metacarpus in terrestrial vertebrates. The eight bones of the human carpus form the wrist and part of the hand, and are arranged in two rows. 1
- noun carpus (anatomy) The group of bones that make up the wrist. 0