Common examples are in fractures of the metacarpus and metatarsus of the first phalanx. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
It is somewhat remarkable how often this occurred when the short hard bones of the metacarpus were struck. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
With the metacarpus, however, there are instances where compound fracture occurs in colts that justify treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
This muscle flexes the second phalanx on the first, the first on the metacarpus, and the entire foot on the forearm. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
In contrast, in brachiosaurids it was small, subtriangular in cross-section, and not separated from the rest of the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Those neck ribs are gone or reduced, they have a long metacarpus and short tails, and they've greatly reduced the cruropatagium. From Wordnik.com. [Darwinopterus and mosaic, modular evolution - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The action of this muscle is to extend the third phalanx on the second, the second on the first, and the first on the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Abnormal mobility of the broken parts of bone and crepitation mark fracture of the metacarpus, and the condition is easily diagnosed. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
In this case the foot is held up, the animal's metacarpus resting on the operator's knee, and the toe of the hoof pushed downwards with some degree of force. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Evidence for unusual soft-tissue structures on the sauropod metacarpus might have been present in other sauropods, according to recently described trackway evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
It is further absorbed by the shoulder-joint, and from there passed on to the almost vertical bony column represented by the radius and ulna, the knee, and the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The thigh bone corresponds to the humerus; the tibia and fibula to the ulna and radius; the ankle to the wrist; and the metatarsus and the phalanges of the foot, to the metacarpus and the phalanges of the hand. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Apesteguia S (2005) Evolution of the titanosaur metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
The other bones of the metacarpus may be removed by following the same general plan. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
Belmont and Travers winner Summer Bird suffered a metacarpus fracture in his right front leg and will miss the Dec. 6. From Wordnik.com. [NY Daily News] Reference
Fossils show that the metacarpus - one of the "hand" bones - was elongated and much bigger than in related species, with very thick walls. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The forearm, wrist, and metacarpus are immobilised in the attitude of dorsal flexion, while the fingers and thumb are left free to allow of passive movements. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The metacarpus consists of five cylindrical bones which are numbered from the lateral side (ossa metacarpalia I-V); each consists of a body and two extremities. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6b. 2. The Metacarpus] Reference
It differs from fingers in that it is opposable, has two phalanges rather than three, differs in proportion and stubbiness, and is attached to a more mobile metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Blessed Among Men] Reference
The anterior ligament of the wrist being now divided, the carpus and metacarpus are to be separated by cutting-pliers, and the carpus extracted by strong sequestrum forceps. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
Those from the adjacent sides of the fingers unite to form three dorsal metacarpal veins (Fig. 573), which end in a dorsal venous net-work opposite the middle of the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax] Reference
The line 'a a 'in the hand indicates the boundary between the carpus and the metacarpus;' b b 'that between the latter and the proximal phalanges;' c c 'marks the ends of the distal phalanges. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
(large) metacarpus is fractured, largely determines the outcome in any given case. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
These authors proposed that at least some sauropods had spiky skin covering the distal end of the metacarpus, though how widespread this was among sauropods we don’t know. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Evolution of the titanosaur metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
The complete articulated left metacarpus and metacarpals I-III of the right metacarpus are preserved (. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
One bone of the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
Fracture of the metacarpus, 106. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
The latter it flexes in turn on the metacarpus. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
The clavical, humerus, radius, ulna, femur, tibia, fibula, the bones of the metacarpus, metatarsus and the phalanges, are classed as long bones. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
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