Wrist Bone (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- She took her ailing hand to the orthopedist for further evaluation, where they specialized in issues involving the wrist bones and joint tendons.
- All primate mammals including the prosimii and humans share certain attributes in wrist bone arrangements for unique specialized mobility requirements.
- Years of repeating these injurious motions resulted in lingering issues with his wrist bones as an adult.
- Dorsal radiocarpal ligaments connect wrist bones to each other within the wrist and also to forearm radial bones.
- Medical imaging was employed on the deceased prehistoric primate individual to determine how much their wrist bones resembled those of modern humans.