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metacarpal bone

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Noun1.metacarpal bone - any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingersmetacarpal bone - any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers
metacarpal
bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
metacarpus - the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
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The former All Black has fractured the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand, which has been put in a cast to protect it.
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Volume, surface area and length values of each phalangeal bone and each metacarpal bone were recorded in ratio comparison with each finger or total metacarpal bones, respectively.
3D reconstruction of phalangeal and metacarpal bones of male judo ... by Kalayci, Ibrahim / Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
There was cortical destruction with soft tissue invasion that almost touched the middle finger metacarpal bone (Figure 2, A and B).
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