metacarpals
the metatarsals,tarsals,carpals and metacarpals smaller than the other bones is because we walk and use our feet and hand to do other things like walk on your feet and write with your hand
Pigs have both metatarsals and metacarpals in their skeleton. Tarsals are located on the hind legs and carpals on the front legs. So, when they walk, they walk on both metatarsals and metacarpals.
The majority of your bones are in your hands and feet including the carpals, metacarpals,and phalanges in your hands, and in your feet there are the tarsals, metatarsals (FYI meta means middle so metatarsals and metacarpals are in the middle of your feet and hands) and phalanges.
Your metacarpals are to let you move your hand back-and-forth and to grab stuff
The metatarsals on our foot is closer to our toes than our tarsals.
The human hand has 27 bones: the carpus or wrist account for 8; the metacarpals or palm contains five; the remaining fourteen are digital bones; fingers and thumb. The human foot has 26 bones in the hind-foot, the mid-foot, and the forefoot.
The group of bones of the wrist are the carpals, and of the ankles are the tarsals. Each of the carpals and tarsals has an individual name as well. The bones of the palm are the metacarpals, and the bones of the sole are the metatarsals. The finger bones and toe bones are both called phalanges.
humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula, carpals, metacarpals, tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges, scapula, hip bone, pelvis, femur
Phalanges are bones in your fingers and metacarpals and carpals and bones in your hands and wrists. Metatarsals and tarsals are bones in your feet and ankles.
The metatarsals can be found between the phalanges and tarsals.
foot
The group of bones of the wrist are the carpals, and of the ankles are the tarsals. Each of the carpals and tarsals has an individual name as well. The bones of the palm are the metacarpals, and the bones of the sole are the metatarsals. The finger bones and toe bones are both called phalanges.