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metacarpus (par)

Identification
Official Latin term metacarpus (par)
Specific (formal) par metacarporum
Generic term metacarpus
Official term metacarpo (par)
Formal official term par de metacarpos
Generic term metacarpo
Unit identifier TAH:U73
Entity identifiers TAH:E73; E25614; E25615; E25616
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit metacarpus (par)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: partes principales corporis humani Short Extended
Level 3: membrum superius (par)
Taxonomic links Level 1: divisio partis principalis corporis humani Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: divisio membri Short Extended
Level 3: divisio membri liberi
Level 4: divisio partis liberae membri superioris
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A metacarpus is a subdivision of hand [divisio manus ] which is extending the hand from the wrist to the fingers.
Encyclopedic definition the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers, its skeleton being five cylindric bones (metacarpals) extending from the carpus to the phalanges.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
TAH:U9611
corpus humanum SOS
TAH:U9602
partes principales corporis humani XOS
TAH:U65
membrum superius (par) UOX
TAH:U9614
pars libera membri superioris (par) UOU
TAH:U71
manus (par) UOU
TAH:U73 metacarpus (par) UOU
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026