metacarpus

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This position of the metacarpus is a remarkable difference from Birds, because when the bird's wing is at rest it is folded into three portions.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

To the metacarpus succeed three digits, of which the central is the longest, and is formed of two phalanges; the other two are formed each by a small, stylet-shaped bone.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

In that type the head appears to have been about 3 or 4 feet long, and the wing finger exceeded 5 feet; while the length of the fore-arm and metacarpus exceeded 3 feet.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

The metacarpus is formed of three bones: the principal metacarpal and the two rudimentary ones.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

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 Cuyer, ?douard