| 1. | The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist.
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| 2. | The number of carpal bones in neosauropods is reduced to two or fewer.
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| 3. | The carpal bones allow the wrist to move and rotate vertically.
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| 4. | The third distal carpus is fused with the remaining carpal bones.
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| 5. | Each of these carpal bones has a different size and shape.
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| 6. | In the wrist both the semilunate carpal bone and the radiale are preserved.
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| 7. | Each human hand has five metacarpals and eight carpal bones.
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| 8. | They connect the carpal bones to the bases of the second to fifth metacarpals.
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| 9. | The role played by the ulna in most tetrapods is replaced by an elongated carpal bone.
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| 10. | Possible approaches are shortening of the ulna by resection of a segment, or removing carpal bones.
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