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Definition of Hamate bone
1. Noun. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
Definition of Hamate bone
1. Noun. One of the eight bones of the wrist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Hamate bone
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 Hamate Bone
Literary usage of Hamate bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The hamate bone may be readily distinguished by its wedge-shaped form, and the
hook-like process which projects from its volar surface. ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... shuts off the articulation of the hamate bone with the medial two metacarpal
bones, and converts the articulation of the hamate bone with the medial two ..."
3. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"... but its side to side movement is nearly as limited as that of the three other
metacarpal bones; the process of the hamate bone limits its flexion. ..."
4. A Text-book of Fractures and Dislocations: With Special Reference to Their by Kellogg Speed (1916)
"The anteroposterior roentgenogram showed that the hamate bone lay approximately
in normal position but that its shadow overlapped slightly the adjacent two ..."
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