carpus

car·pus

noun \ˈkär-pəs\

plural car·pi \-ˌpī, -ˌpē\

Definition of CARPUS

1

: wrist

2

: the group of bones supporting the wrist comprising in humans a proximal row which contains the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform that articulate with the radius and a distal row which contains the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate that articulate with the metacarpals

Illustration of CARPUS