Carpals & Tarsals
Physical Education: AQA GCSE, topic 1.1.3
Carpals and Tarsals
Carpals and tarsals are examples of short bones.

Carpals
- Carpals (or metacarpals) are bones in the hand.

Tarsals
- Tarsals (or metatarsals) are bones in the foot.
- You can remember this because 'tarsals' start with a 't' like 'toes'.
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What type of bone are carpals and tarsals?
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