carpal

1. Of or relating to the wrist (synset 303064741)
   "Carpal tunnel syndrome"

1. Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates (synset 105279313)
   is a type of: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
   subtypes:

   • navicular, os scaphoideum, scaphoid bone - the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
   • lunate bone, os lunatum, semilunar bone - one of the eight small wrist bones
   • cuneiform bone, os triquetrum, pyramidal bone, triquetral, triquetral bone - a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
   • os pisiforme, pisiform, pisiform bone - a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
   • os trapezium, trapezium, trapezium bone - the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
   • os trapezoideum, trapezoid, trapezoid bone - the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
   • capitate, capitate bone, os capitatum - the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
   • hamate, hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone - the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
   is a part of: articulatio radiocarpea, carpus, radiocarpal joint, wrist, wrist joint - a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
   same as: carpal bone, wrist bone

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