The bones by which the lower arm is connected to the hand.
The eight bones of the wrist. The carpus articulates with the metacarpals I distally and with the humerus and radius proximally.
The Latin term for the wrist, composed of eight small bones firmly joined together with ligaments, but capable of a certain amount of sliding movement over one another.
Flexible joint composed of eight small, irregular bones (carpals) held together by ligaments.