wrist guide (ristgid)

Same as chiro plast. wrist-joint (rist'joint), n. The carpal joint proper; the radio carpal articulation, by which the hand as a whole moves upon the forearm: chiefly used as applied to man. See carpus, wrist, and radio carpal articulation (under radio carpal ). wristlet (rist'let), n. [ wrist (rist), n. [Early mod. E. also wreast , wrest; wrist , wriste , also wirste, wyrste, wrist (usually in comp. hand- wrist ) = OFries. wriust, riust, wriust, riust, wirst, werst (hond-wriust, 'hand-wrist,' fot - wriust , 'foot-wrist,' instep) cist' instep) LG. wrist = MHG. rist , riste , G. rist (G. dial. 2. A handcuff. [Humorous or slang.] = frist), hand or foot-joint; cf. G. wider- rist, withers of a horse (see withers ), = Icel. rist = Sw. Dan. vrist, instep; with formative -t ( -tht >-st), ton consists in man of seven carpal bones, together with a sesamoid bone (the pisiform) on the ulnar side, these eight bones being disposed in two rows of four each, proximal and distal. The whole set of bones, their articulations with one another and with the radius, ulna, and the several metacarpals, together with the ligaments and other a ociated soft parts, are included in the term wrist. The motions of the wrist as a whole upon the forearm include all the movements of flexion, extension, abduction, ad. duction, and circumduction, together with the movements of pronation and supination impre ed upon the wrist by the rocking of the radius about the ulna; but the motion of the individual carpal bones upon one another is slight, and that between the distal carpals and the metacarpals is still le . In most other animals than man, the movements of the wrist are more restricted. The term is extended to the corresponding joint of the fore limb of other mammals, birds, and reptiles. Thus the so-called knee of the horse's fore leg is anatomically the carpus or wrist. See carpus, and cuts under hand, pisiform, and scapholunar. Little Preston was found there with both his hands cut off by the wreasts. W. Patten, Ex. into Scotland (Arber's Eng. Garner, III. 128). 21. The ankle or the instep. Then he put on the old man's hose, Were patch'd from knee to wrist. A siren lithe and debonaire, With wristlets woven of scarlet beads. T. B. Aldrich, Pampina. Two or three of the party wearing black dre es instead of grey, with leg irons as well as wristlets , to show that they were bad-conduct men. Daily Telegraph , Dec. 31, 1881. (Encyc. Dict.) wrist-link (rist'lingk), n. A link with eonnected buttons, used for the wristband or euff. Encyc . Dict.