Definition of Os hamatum

1. Noun. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.

Exact synonyms: Hamate, Hamate Bone, Unciform Bone
Generic synonyms: Carpal, Carpal Bone, Wrist Bone

Medical Definition of Os hamatum

1. The bone on the medial (ulnar) side of the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the fourth and fifth metacarpal, triquetral, lunate, and capitate. Synonym: os hamatum, hamatum, hooked bone, unciform bone, unciforme, uncinatum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Hamatum

os capitatum
os centrale
os centrale tarsi
os coccygis
os costale
os cuboideum
os cuneiforme intermedium
os cuneiforme laterale
os cuneiforme mediale
os ethmoidale
os femoris
os frontale
os hamatum (current term)
os hyoideum
os iliacum
os ilium
os incae
os incisivum
os intermaxillare
os intermedium
os intermetatarseum
os interparietale
os irregulare
os ischii
os japonicum
os lacrimale

Literary usage of Os hamatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions by University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy (1922)
"Os capitatum and os hamatum present. Fig, 18.—Tracing of a radiogram of the wrist and forearm of a male newborn of 309 days' gestation, having a birth ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... and on the medial side to the pisiform bone and the hook of the os hamatum. Its proximal margin is continuous with the deep fascia of the forearm, ..."

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