1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/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 O. Eng. wríðan, to twist.

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