wrist

Japanese: wrist
wrist

…arm
[hand]
As mentioned above, in anatomy, the hand is the part from the wrist joint onwards, and is divided into three parts: the carpus, metacarpus, and fingers. The carpus is the part at the base of the hand, called the wrist, and inside it are eight small bones called carpal bones, which form the skeleton. The carpal bones are small bones at the base of the palm, and eight of them are arranged in two rows of four.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "wrist" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…腕
[手hand]
 手は上述のように,解剖学では手首の関節から先のところをいい,手根,中手,指の3部に区別される。手根wristは手の付け根の〈手首〉と呼ばれる部分で,内部には手根骨carpal bonesという8個の小骨があって,その骨格をなす。手根骨は手のひらの付け根のところにある小さい骨で,8個が4個ずつ2列に並んでいる。…

※「wrist」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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