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carpus

The eight bones of the wrist, articulating between the bones of the lower arm (radius and ulna) and the metacarpals of the hand. In humans there are eight small bones in two irregular rows of four. The upper row articulates with the radius, the lower with the metacarpal bones of the hand. Rudiments of carpal bones are found in all mammals.



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The space between the flexor retinaculum of the wrist and the carpal bones, through which the median nerve and the flexor tendons of the fingers and thumb pass.
Nerve entrapment can be caused by many things including the very small carpal bones of the wrist.
The space between the flexor retinaculum of the wrist and the carpal bones, through which the median nerve and the flexor tendons of the fingers and thumb pass.
 
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