The origin of the metacarpal coordinate system was located on the lateral aspect of the distal end of the thirdmetacarpus.
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Mineral content of third metacarpi was estimated in horses through radiographic photodensitometry1.
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Most importantly, it significantly strengthens themetacarpus, reducing the likelihood of a fracture of one of the metacarpal bones.
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The fore limbs are straight, and narrow set, with the paws slightly turned out, with a long radius andmetacarpus.
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The terminal branches are divided with thick nodes with similar shape to the humanmetacarpus.
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Themetacarpusis long compared to the fingers.
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The procorpus is fused with themetacarpusto for a two part esophagus.
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In tetrapods, the carpus is the sole cluster of bones in the wrist between the radius and ulna and themetacarpus.
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The second metacarpal was expanded at the top at the side of the first metacarpal, making the entiremetacarpusmore compact.
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The bones of the carpus do not belong to individual fingers (or toes in quadrupeds), whereas those of themetacarpusdo.
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The metatarsal bones of feet and paws are tightly grouped compared to, most notably, the human hand where the thumb metacarpal diverges from the rest of themetacarpus.
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In other mammals, the contrahentes may have their origin either on the carpus or themetacarpus, which suggests that the palmar interossei muscles also contain elements of the contrahentes.
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Themetacarpusis compact and moderately elongated.
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Themetacarpusconsists of metacarpal bones.
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