Metacarpal (bones) [I-V]

[TA] five long bones (numbered I-V, beginning with the bone on the radial or thumb side) forming the skeleton of the metacarpus or palm; they articulate with the bones of the distal row of the carpus and with the five proximal phalanges. SYN: ossa metacarpi [TA], ossa metacarpalia I-V.

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