metacarpus
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The metacarpus is reduced to a single piece, which in the horse constitutes what is known as the canon.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
It presents, on its external surface, a groove for the passage of the tendon of the posterior ulnar muscle, which is named by veterinary anatomists the external flexor of the metacarpus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
B. The radials represented by a single muscle, the anterior extensor of the metacarpus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
In them not only is the metacarpus turned back, but also the two first phalanges.
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
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
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
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.
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