carpi
Americannoun
noun
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Spieth has been dealing with an injury to his extensor carpi ulnaris, a major tendon in the wrist.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Msituni suffered from hyperextended carpi — wrist joint bones in giraffes’ front limbs, which are more like arms.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
The flexor carpi ulnaris, for instance, is a muscle in the forearm that bends the wrist — exactly as its name suggests.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021
These are the extensor radialis longus, extensor carpi radialis brevis, extensor digitorum, extensor digiti minimi, and the extensor carpi ulnaris.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The flexor carpi radialis arises from the epitrochlea.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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