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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining to the metacarpus and the phalanges.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. anatomy Of or pertaining to the metacarpus and the phalange

Etymologies

  1. From metacarpus + phalangeal (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Therefore, it is a natural sequence that the tendon sheaths of the metacarpophalangeal region are frequently distended because of chronic synovitis and thecitis.”

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

  • “Where a complete luxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint exists, it is probable that in most cases sufficient injury to collateral and capsular ligaments has been done to render complete recovery improbable, if not impossible.”

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

  • “The metacarpophalangeal articulation (fetlock joint), is a hinge joint and its articular surfaces contact one another, with respect to their having a long bearing surface from side to side, as do all ginglymus”

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

  • “We know as _false crepitation_ a vibrating impulse occasioned by normal contact of articular portions of bones such as in the metacarpophalangeal joint when this structure is passively moved, where the subject permits the parts to remain in a state of complete relaxation.”

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

  • “Flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb is effected by the Flexores pollicis longus and brevis; extension by the Extensores pollicis longus and brevis.”

    III. Syndesmology. 6k. Articulations of the Digits

  • “The arrangement of these ligaments is similar to those in the metacarpophalangeal articulations.”

    III. Syndesmology. 6k. Articulations of the Digits

  • “—Flexion of the metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers is effected by the Flexores digitorum sublimis and profundus, Lumbricales, and Interossei, assisted in the case of the little finger by the Flexor digiti quinti brevis.”

    III. Syndesmology. 6k. Articulations of the Digits

  • “Opposite the metacarpophalangeal articulation each tendon is bound by fasciculi to the collateral ligaments and serves as the dorsal ligament of this joint; after having crossed the joint, it spreads out into a broad aponeurosis, which covers the dorsal surface of the first phalanx and is reinforced, in this situation, by the tendons of the Interossei and Lumbricalis.”

    IV. Myology. 7e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Forearm

  • “The metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints are readily available for surface examination; the former are situated just distal to the prominences of the knuckles, the latter are sufficiently indicated by the furrows on the volar, and the wrinkles on the dorsal surfaces.”

    XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 11. Surface Anatomy of the Upper Extremity

  • “In many cases (52 per cent.) a slip is continued from the insertion of the tendon anteriorly over the Opponens digiti quinti, to the fascia covering that muscle, the metacarpal bone, the capsule of the metacarpophalangeal articulation, or the first phalanx of the little finger.”

    IV. Myology. 7e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Forearm

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