metacarpus
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On the anterior surface, and a little to the inner side, is found a tuberosity, which is destined for the insertion of the anterior extensor of the metacarpus, the homologue of the radial muscles.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
This is why, as we have pointed out above, it receives the name of the oblique flexor of the metacarpus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
These three portions are the homologues of the carpus, the metacarpus, and the fingers, which, as we have already seen in the case of the hand, are the osseous groups which form its skeleton.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The extremity of the metacarpus was applied to the ground.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
In the horse, for example, whose metacarpus is long, and in which but one digit is apparent, the humerus is very short.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
This runs down the anterior and outer side of the upper arm, and is attached to the proximal tendon of the extensor metacarpi radialis longus, a little below the outer condyle of the humerus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Certain cases may be greatly benefited by sectioning the tendons of the external and middle flexors of the metacarpi.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
This will reveal the median nerve itself situated upon the red fibres of the flexor metacarpi internus muscle.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
