Chapter 8, Problem 8RFT

Summary Introduction

To review:

Match the term carpus with the most closely related description given below:

Wrist joint

Dorsiflexion

Fluid-filled pockets

Diarthrosis

Knee

Intervertebral discs

Supination

Extension

Synarthrosis

Introduction:

The carpus is the group of eight bones present between the bones of the radius and the ulna and the metacarpus of hand.. The arrangement of the bones is in two rows having four proximal carpal bones and four distal carpal bones.