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Body Regions > Extremities > Upper Extremity > Wrist

Preferred term

Wrist  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • primates only; for non-primate vertebrates, index FORELIMB; wrist ganglion is indexed WRIST + SYNOVIAL CYST; differentiate from WRIST JOINT; wrist bone = CARPAL BONES or specifics

Scope note

  • The region of the upper limb between the metacarpus and the FOREARM.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014953

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