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Definition of Trapezium bone

1. Noun. The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals.

Medical Definition of Trapezium bone

1. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A little table, an irregular four-sided figure, dim. Of a table, for; (see Tetra-) + foot, akin to foot; hence, originally, a table with four feet. See Foot. 1. A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel. 2. A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibres. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Trapezium bone

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

1. A System of human anatomy, general and special by Erasmus Wilson (1880)
"Its tendon perforates the anterior annular ligament, and passes through a groove in the trapezium bone, to be inserted into the base of the metacarpal ..."

2. Anthropoid Apes by Robert Hartmann (1885)
"... tendon of this muscle, which divides into several strips, are inserted in the trapezium bone, and a few also in the base of the first metacarpal bone. ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke Carter, Luther Holden (1878)
"... 824 Trachoma glands, 727 Tract, lateral, of medulla, 611. 612 optic, 638 Tractus intermedio-lateralis, 6Г, opticus, 638 Tragus, 729 trapezium bone, ..."

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