wrist bone
Hand's skeletal base
Any of the eight small bones forming the wrist, connecting the forearm to the hand.
Anatomists call these the carpal bones, but in everyday speech wrist bone usually refers to whichever one is prominent or sore: I think I bruised my wrist bone.
- carpalWrist anatomy term
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- radiusCenter-to-perimeter distance
- ulnaInner forearm bone
- scaphoidCarpal bone, thumb-side
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anatomical location in limb
wrist boneelbow bone
Skeletal arm joint component
shoulder bone · toe bone · finger bone · phalanx · hip bone