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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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Extensor" indicates its function (extend the wrist), "carpi" indicates that it affects the carpals (wrist bones), and "ulnaris" indicates that it runs along the ulna, the long forearm bone on the little finger side.
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The specimen is remarkable for the intact preservation of the hands and feet, with ossified carpals and tarsals [wrist and foot bones], and should greatly augment our understanding of the early evolution of the tetrapod [four-footed] limbs,' the researchers write in the March 28 NATURE.
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