different between metacarpal vs carpale

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)p?l

Adjective

metacarpal (not comparable)

1. Of the metacarpus.

Derived terms

• dorsometacarpal
• humerometacarpal
• midmetacarpal
• plesiometacarpal
• telemetacarpal

Translations

Noun

metacarpal (plural metacarpals or metacarpalia)

1. Any of the bones of the metacarpus

Synonyms

• metacarpal bone

Translations

See also

• bone

Portuguese

Etymology

metacarpo +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.ta.ka?.?paw/

Noun

metacarpal m (plural metacarpais)

1. (anatomy) metacarpal (any bone of the metacarpus)

Holonyms

• metacarpo

Related terms

• carpal
• carpo
• palma

Adjective

metacarpal m or f (plural metacarpais, not comparable)

1. metacarpal (of the metacarpus)

English

Etymology

From New Latin ?s carp?le, from Ancient Greek ?????? (karpós, “wrist”).

Noun

carpale (plural carpalia)

1. (anatomy) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, especially one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
   • 1891, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (page 201)

     […] this being the case the bone in question contains at any rate the centrale, and I see no reason why the carpale 2 should have quite disappeared.

   • 1973, Radomír ?ihák, Ontogenesis of the skeleton and intrinsic muscles of the human hand and foot (page 36)

     This indicates that the pisiform is really a secondary component which became the carpale during phylogenesis.

   • 2012, Jin Bo Tang, Peter C. Amadio, Jean Claude Guimberteau, Tendon Surgery of the Hand (page 10)

     The dorsal interossei are sometimes found to originate more proximal at the base of the metacarpals or even at the carpalia.

Related terms

• carpal

Translations

Anagrams

• Paracel, pal care

Italian

Adjective

carpale (plural carpali)

1. (anatomy) carpal

Related terms

• carpo

Anagrams

• placare

Latin

Adjective

carp?le

1. nominative neuter singular of carp?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of carp?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of carp?lis