"Carpus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... fossa (o.f.) as indicated by the dotted lines; of two bones, the ulna (u.) and radius (r.) which are firmly bound by ligament in the position of the figure (i.e., with the palm of the hand downward, "prone"); of a number of small bones (carpalia), the carpus (c.); of a series of metacarpals (mc.); and of three digits ( fingers) each, except the first, or pollex, of three small bones— the phalanges, only the proximal of which appear in the figure. The ulna has a hook-like head, the olecranon (o.) which distinguishes ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells |
