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Definition of Os hamatum
1. Noun. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
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
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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