radiale

noun

In zoology and anatomy:

noun

The radiocarpal bone; that bone of the wrist which is situated on the radial side of the proximal row of carpals. in special relation with the radius. In man this bone is the scaphoid. Compare ulnare, and see cuts under hand and carpus.

noun

One of the rays of the cup of a crinoid. See radial, n. , and cut under Crinoidea.

noun

A cartilage radiating from the base of the fins of elasmobranchiate fishes. See cut under ptorygium

noun

Same as radial, n. . See hypercoracoid.

noun

The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.

noun

Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid.

noun

The carpal bone in the tetrapod forelimb that corresponds to the scaphoid bone in humans