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Definition of Os pisiforme
1. Noun. A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral.
Medical Definition of Os pisiforme
1. A small bone resembling a pea in size and shape, in the proximal row of the carpus, lying on the anterior surface of the triquetral with which alone it articulates; it gives insertion to the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. Synonym: os pisiforme, lentiform bone. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Pisiforme
Literary usage of Os pisiforme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"Opposite to this the surface of attachment of the os pisiforme. 3. The further
surface, that is, the side most remote from the fore-arm, is articulated with ..."
2. The Horse in the Stable and the Field: his Varieties, Management in Health by J. H. Walsh (1892)
"3 Ulna, lower extremity Os PISIFORME (pisum, a pea) is situated at the jj- ~
f"^0"118' postero-external side of the top row, and presents fur 7. ..."
3. A Series of Engravings: Representing the Bones of the Human Skeleton; with ...by Edward Mitchell, John Barclay by Edward Mitchell, John Barclay (1819)
"—The last bone of this row is the os pisiforme, and so named from its being in
general about the size of a pea. It has only one articular surface. ..."
4. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1867)
"The os cuneiforme is the third bone of of the first row, the upper surface is
convex ; it has a small plane on its anterior surface for the os pisiforme and ..."
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