[rist] 
| 1. | the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand. |
| 2. | the joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand. |
| 3. | the part of an article of clothing that fits around the wrist. |
| 4. | Machinery. wrist pin. |
| car·pus (kär'pəs) n. pl. car·pi (-pī')
[New Latin, from Greek karpos, wrist.] |
| wrist (rĭst) n.
To shoot (a puck) by making a wrist shot. [Middle English, from Old English; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
wrist
complex joint between the five metacarpal bones of the hand and the radius and ulna bones of the forearm. The wrist is composed of eight or nine small, short bones (carpal bones) roughly arranged in two rows. The wrist is also made up of several component joints: the distal radioulnar joint, which acts as a pivot for the forearm bones; the radiocarpal joint, between the radius and the first row of carpal bones, involved in wrist flexion and extension; the midcarpal joint, between two of the rows of carpal bones; and various intercarpal joints, between adjacent carpal bones within the rows. The numerous bones and their complex articulations give the wrist its flexibility and wide range of motion
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