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]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrist https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: manus mesopodium fore basipodium fore mesopodium regio carpalis wrist region carpal limb segment carpal segment wrist hand mesopodium
Term information
- GAID:59
- SCTID:361289009
- NCIT:C111033
- EMAPA:32784
- EHDAA:5196
- MA:0000039
- FMA:24922
- Wikipedia:Wrist
- galen:Wrist
- EHDAA2:0000218
- EMAPA:19122
- MESH:D014953
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- mesopodium region
- upper limb segment
- part of some manus
- distally connected to some metacarpus region
- proximally connected to some forelimb zeugopod
- has skeleton some carpal skeleton