metacarpus

[ met-uh-kahr-puh s ]

/ ˌmɛt əˈkɑr pəs /

the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.

Origin of metacarpus

1670–80; < New Latin (see meta-, carpus), replacing metacarpium < Greek metakárpion

The ball had pierced my hand by the metacarpus under the index finger, and had broken the first phalanges.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
But the other variations are in the length of the metacarpus, or of the neck, or head.

Dragons of the Air |H. G. Seeley
In simple fracture, the metacarpus is covered with enough cotton to pad the parts, and this is retained in position by bandages.

Lameness of the Horse |John Victor Lacroix
The manner in which the third (large) metacarpus is fractured, largely determines the outcome in any given case.

Lameness of the Horse |John Victor Lacroix

Fractures of the metacarpus, on the other hand, presented exactly the opposite features.

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 |George Henry Makins

metacarpus

/ (ˌmɛtəˈkɑːpəs) /

the skeleton of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, consisting of five long bones

the corresponding bones in other vertebrates

metacarpus

[ mĕt′ə-kär′pəs ]

The part of the hand that includes the five bones between the fingers and the wrist.