What is Metacarpal bones?
{{nosources|date=June 2009}} {{Infobox bone | Name = Metacarpal bones | Latin = ossa metacarpalia | Image = Metacarpal bones (left hand) 01 palmar view with label.png | Caption = Metacarpals shown in red. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | Image2 = Metacarpus ant with label.png | Caption2 = The five metacarpal bones, numbered. Left hand, anterior (palmar) view. | Origins = [[Carpal bones]] of [[wrist]] | Insertions = Proximal [[Phalanx bones|phalanges]] | Articulations = [[Carpometacarpal joint|Carpometacarpal]], [[Intermetacarpal articulations|intermetacarpal]], [[Metacarpophalangeal joint|metacarpophalangeal]] }} The '''metacarpus''' is the intermediate part of the [[hand]] [[skeleton]]. It is between the [[phalanges]] (bones of the fingers) [[wikt:distal|distally]] and the [[carpals]] which form the connection to the [[forearm]]. The metacarpus consists of metacarpal bones. [[Category:Bones]] [[Category:Limbs and extremities]] {{biology-stub}}