metacarpus

• The anterior ligament of the wrist being now divided, the carpus and metacarpus are to be separated by cutting-pliers, and the carpus extracted by strong sequestrum forceps. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• It is somewhat remarkable how often this occurred when the short hard bones of the metacarpus were struck. —  Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
• Simple transverse fracture of the metacarpus, for instance, constitutes a favorable case for treatment if other conditions are favorable Oblique fractures_, as may be surmised, are solutions of continuity of bone in such manner that the fissure crosses the long axis of a bone at an acute or obtuse angle. —  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
• Situated as they are, between the bifurcating portions of the suspensory ligament and the posterior part of the distal end of the metacarpus--with which they articulate--the sesamoid bones serve to change the course of the branches of the suspensory ligament in a manner that they give firm support to this joint. —  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
• The manner in which the third (large) metacarpus is fractured, largely determines the outcome in any given case Symptomatology.--Abnormal mobility of the broken parts of bone and crepitation mark fracture of the metacarpus, and the condition is easily diagnosed. —  Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

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