The ulna.
The ulna.
The wrist in general is considered a short bone, as are the carpals. Source - My Anatomy book.
They are like small balls. Literally.
The body consists of long bones, flat bones, irregular bones, short bones and sesmoid bones. The short bones include bones in the wrist and foot.
Short bones-their main purposes are to provide support and stability.
Carpals, the wrist bones, are flat.
carpal bones-->wrist and hands & tarsal bones-->feet and ankles.
The scientific name for the carpals are carpals.
There are often sesamoid bones at the interphalangeal joints resembling the petella in the knee
The short bones found in the wrist; scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate.
a group of eight short bones united by ligaments
The carpel is your wrist.
A Human has 8 wrist (carpal) bones in each hand, so 16 wrist bones altogether.