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carpal region

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A mesopodium that is part of a manus. Includes as parts the carpal skeleton and associated tissues[cjm]. The anatomical region surrounding the carpus including the distal parts of the bones of the forearm and the proximal parts of the metacarpus or five metacarpal bones and the series of joints between these bones, thus referred to as wrist joints. This region also includes the carpal tunnel, the anatomical snuff box, the flexor retinaculum, and the extensor retinaculum[WP,unvetted] [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrist ]

Term info

Label

carpal region

Synonyms
  • carpal limb segment
  • carpal segment
  • fore basipodium
  • fore mesopodium
  • hand mesopodium
  • manus mesopodium
  • regio carpalis
  • wrist
  • wrist region
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Human_wrist.png, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Hand_parts.jpg

has alternative id

UBERON:0001462

has narrow synonym

carpus of fore-paw

has related synonym

articulatio radiocarpea, carpus

id

UBERON:0004452