carpi
Eight per hand
Carpi is the plural of carpus, the cluster of small bones forming the wrist joint between the forearm and hand.
The term appears primarily in anatomy and medicine: The carpi connect the radius and ulna to the metacarpals.
Each wrist contains eight carpal bones arranged in two rows.
wrist
Hand-forearm connection
lunate · trapezium · trapezoid · capitate · flexor · extensor · ligaments · tendons · palm · hand
anatomical location in limb
carpitarsi
Ankle bone clusters
tarsals · metatarsals · metacarpals · phalanges · humeri
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- carpal tunnel syndromeCompressed nerve at wrist
- carpal bonesSkeletal wrist components
- carpal tunnel surgeryProcedure relieving wrist nerve compression
pericarp, carpal, carpus, metacarpal, carpals, endocarp, metacarpals, metacarpus, pericarps