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wrist

part of the arm between the lower arm and the hand
Thing joint Q185706
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Summary

wrist is a joint[1]. wrist ranks in the top 10% of joint entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,564 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: free upper limb region[4], particular anatomical entity[5]
  • Part of: free upper limb[6]
  • Commons category: Wrists[7]
  • Has part(s): carpal bone[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wrist[9]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]

Why It Matters

wrist has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] wrist is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

wrist rest

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Volvox · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → free upper limb
    Sitelink count → 87
    Has part(s) → carpal bone
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'bew', 'bg', 'bjn', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'cy', 'da
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Instance of: joint"
  2. 15w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → free upper limb
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Part of: arm"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0240010-zapesti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0240010-zapesti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → free upper limb
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → free upper limb region, particular anatomical entity
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 809, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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