metacarpus
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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 Cuyer, ?douard
The extremity of the metacarpus was applied to the ground.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
B. The radials represented by a single muscle, the anterior extensor of the metacarpus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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 Cuyer, ?douard
The whole finger is preserved in other specimens straightened out so as to be in line with the metacarpus.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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 Reeks, Harry Caulton
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 Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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
