CARPUS

(Lat.), n. m. Ka3rp'u (u4s). Gr., (topjrds. Fr., carpe, poignet. Ger., Hand wurzel. It, Sp., carpo. 1. The wrist; that portion of the upper or anterior limb that lies between the forearm and the hand. In man the skeletal portion is composed of eight bones, the scaphoid, semilunar, pyramidal, pisiform, and unciform bones, the trapezium, the trapezoid, and the os magnum, arranged in two transverse rows. [C; L, 142.] 2. In zoology, the first joint of the claw in the Crustacea, the thickened portion of the wing in insects. [L, 43.] [s. 98]