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Noun(1) any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers
Adjective(1) of or relating to the metacarpus

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(1) The dorsal terminal branches may encroach on the radial side of the hand, often reaching the radial side of the second metacarpal bone and even the dorsum of the first phalanx of the thumb.(2) It was a small animal with relatively simple quadrate teeth, a modestly enlarged third metacarpal , and digitigrade stance.(3) The fracture extends to the carpometacarpal joint and the displacement is made worse and more unstable by the abductor muscles of the first metacarpal .(4) He had missed 16 games following surgery to repair a fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his left hand.(5) I flipped over, and I dislocated a metacarpal joint in my wrist.(6) It will mean an amputation of your little finger as well as the metacarpal ; what we call a ray amputation.(7) Fracture of the distal aspect of the fifth metacarpal is a relatively common presentation.(8) All foretoes are long and thin, but the third is extraordinarily so due to an especially elongated metacarpal .(9) Extensor carpi radialis longus arises from the lateral epicondylar ridge of the humerus and inserts onto the second metacarpal bone.(10) In one study, 80% of metacarpal fractures from athletic trauma were stable.(11) The finger's bone structure includes three phalanges and a metacarpal .(12) An undisplaced fractured head of second metacarpal was treated conservatively.(13) The entries were obtained in a study of aging in horse bone, specifically the third metacarpal .(14) Deep in the palm there are other small muscles between the metacarpal bones.(15) Canids larger than a coyote are represented by four cervical vertebrae, one rib fragment, long bone fragments, one calcaneus, and one metacarpal .(16) Both hands were amputated just distal to the carpus, leaving three metacarpal stumps on the right hand and a vestige of one metacarpal on the left hand.