Thus the wrist is much less liable to be broken than if it were to consist of a single bone, while the elasticity from having the eight bones movable on each other, neutralizes, to a great extent, a shock caused by falling on the hands.

Ordinarily, his wrists were several inches through his coat-sleeves, and his ankles made a perpetual show of his stockings.

The wrist is a directing instrument for the forearm and the hand.