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 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.

There does not exist on the forearm a groove for the posterior ulnar muscle, or external flexor of the metacarpus.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

The metacarpus, as a whole, is directed vertically.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

But the other variations are in the length of the metacarpus, or of the neck, or head.

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