First carpal bone

Os carpale I

One of the distal row of carpal bones, between the proximal row and the metacarpus.

System
Bone
Region
Thoracic limb
Sides
Paired: left and right
First carpal bone (Os carpale I) of the cat, left side: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the first carpal bone is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.

Measured on the left side.

Terminology

English
First carpal bone
Latin (NAV)
Os carpale I
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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