Metacarpal bones Greek form μετακάρπιος. "Metacarpalis", as in "ossa metacarpalia" in the current official Latin nomenclature, "Terminologia Anatomica" is a compound consisting of Latin and Greek parts. The usage of such hybrids in anatomic Latin is disapproved by some. Metacarpal bones In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the forearm. The metacarpal bones are equivalent to the metatarsal bones in the foot. The metacarpals form a transverse arch to which the rigid row of
The Bones of Zora "GURPS Planet Krishna" (a 1997 gaming guide to the "Viagens" series authorized by de Camp), the action of "The Bones of Zora" takes place in the year 2151 AD., falling between "The Virgin of Zesh" and "The Tower of Zanid", and making it the tenth story set on Krishna in terms of chronology. Internal evidence in "The Bones of Zora" confirms the relative sequence of "Virgin" and "Zora". According to "Publishers Weekly", "[t]his ... first collaboration in the long-running Krishna series [is] very much in the same lighthearted adventure vein as de Camp's solo efforts ... There's plenty of amusing