Metacarpal bones
The metacarpus is the intermediate part of the hand skeleton. It is between the phalanges (bones of the fingers) distally and the carpals which form the connection to the forearm. The metacarpus consists of metacarpal bones.
| Metacarpal bones | |
|---|---|
_01_palmar_view_with_label.png.webp) Metacarpals shown in red. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | |
 The five metacarpal bones, numbered. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | |
| Details | |
| Origins | Carpal bones of wrist |
| Insertions | Proximal phalanges |
| Articulations | Carpometacarpal, intermetacarpal, metacarpophalangeal |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ossa metacarpalia |
| MeSH | D050279 |
| TA | A02.4.09.001 |
| FMA | 9612 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
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