rannenivel
Finnish
Etymology
ranne (“wrist”) + nivel (“joint”)
Noun
rannenivel
- (anatomy) any of the joints of the wrist, or those joints collectively
Usage notes
In English the term wrist joint is defined more narrowly than rannenivel. It is understood to be synonymous to radiocarpal joint (articulatio radiocarpea), which connects the radius to the proximal row of the carpal bones, in Finnish called ylempi rannenivel.
Declension
| Inflection of rannenivel (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rannenivel | rannenivelet | |
| genitive | rannenivelen | rannenivelien rannenivelten | |
| partitive | ranneniveltä | ranneniveliä | |
| illative | ranneniveleen | ranneniveliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rannenivel | rannenivelet | |
| accusative | nom. | rannenivel | rannenivelet |
| gen. | rannenivelen | ||
| genitive | rannenivelen | rannenivelien rannenivelten | |
| partitive | ranneniveltä | ranneniveliä | |
| inessive | rannenivelessä | rannenivelissä | |
| elative | rannenivelestä | rannenivelistä | |
| illative | ranneniveleen | ranneniveliin | |
| adessive | rannenivelellä | rannenivelillä | |
| ablative | ranneniveleltä | ranneniveliltä | |
| allative | rannenivelelle | rannenivelille | |
| essive | rannenivelenä | rannenivelinä | |
| translative | ranneniveleksi | ranneniveliksi | |
| instructive | — | rannenivelin | |
| abessive | rannenivelettä | rannenivelittä | |
| comitative | — | rannenivelineen | |
Derived terms
- alempi rannenivel
- ylempi rannenivel