Metacarpals are a critical weight-carrying structure, so their size is a good indicator of horse body mass (in this study, metacarpal width declined in the same pattern as metacarpal lengths.) ...

Find out what you need to know about metacarpal fractures, including the causes, symptoms, treatment options, and how they may affect your health.

Metacarpals and metatarsals The palms of your hands are made up of five bones called metacarpals. You can see them when you clench your fists, because your knuckles are the ends of your metacarpals.

DIY-ers in northern Holland filled a large gap in a tile floor with precisely sliced cow bones several centuries ago.

Two metacarpals fused. The one is fully fused, the second one is partially fused, which means another eight weeks of rest, which will take us to around the middle of January.” ...

If you were to look at the metacarpals of a stegosaur from the top down you would see them arranged in a slight arc, while in many sauropods these bones had a more circular arrangement which, as ...

As with stegosaurs, the forefeet of ankylosaurs have been traditionally portrayed with the metacarpals—the bones of the forefoot just behind the fingers—being configured in a shallow arc shape.

What makes Mexidracon surprising is the length of its metacarpals, the bones that form the palm. They show that its hands were extremely long and slender, the palm alone being longer than the ...