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carpus (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term carpus (par)
Specific (formal) par carporum
Generic term carpus
Official term carpus (pair)
Formal official term pair of carpi
Generic term carpus
Unit identifier TAH:U72
Entity identifiers TAH:E72; E25605; E25612; E25613
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit carpus (pair)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: cardinal parts of human body Short Extended
Level 3: upper limb (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 1: subdivision of cardinal part of human body Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: subdivision of limb Short Extended
Level 3: subdivision of free limb
Level 4: subdivision of free part of upper limb
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition the joint between the arm and hand, made up of eight bones.
Taxonomic definition A carpus is a subdivision of free part of upper limb [divisio partis liberae membri superioris ] which is the portion of the upper limb at the junction between the forearm and the hand.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
human body SOS
TAH:U9602
cardinal parts of human body XOS
TAH:U65
upper limb (pair) UOX
TAH:U9614
free part of upper limb (pair) UOU
TAH:U71
hand (pair) UOU
TAH:U72 carpus (pair) UOU
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026