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met·a·car·pal
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cannon bone
a bone in the legs of horses and other hoofed animals consisting of greatly elongated fused metatarsals or metacarpals -
capitate bone
the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones. -
carpometacarpal
Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus. -
carpometacarpus
a bone in the wing of a bird that consists of the metacarpal bones and some of the carpal bones fused together -
knuckle
a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx. -
splint bone
one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.