Wrist
WRIST, in anatomy, the carpus or carpal articulation in man, the joint by which the hand is articulated with the fore-arm (see ANATOMY: Superficial and Artistic; and SKELETON: Appendicular). The word means by origin " that which turns," and is formed from the 0. Eng. wridan, to twist.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
