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  • Thumbnail for Metacarpal bones
    In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, also known as the "palm bones", are the appendicular bones that form the intermediate part of the...
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  • Thumbnail for First metacarpal bone
    The first metacarpal bone or the metacarpal bone of the thumb is the first bone proximal to the thumb. It is connected to the trapezium of the carpus...
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    The fifth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the little finger or pinky finger) is the most medial and second-shortest of the metacarpal bones. It presents...
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    The second metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the index finger) is the longest, and its base the largest, of all the metacarpal bones. Its base is prolonged...
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  • Metacarpal ligaments may refer to: Deep transverse metacarpal ligament Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    The third metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the middle finger) is a little smaller than the second. The dorsal aspect of its base presents on its radial...
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    break of the fifth metacarpal bone of the hand near the knuckle. Occasionally, it is used to refer to fractures of the fourth metacarpal as well. Symptoms...
    14 KB (1,448 words) - 06:26, 29 February 2024
  • metacarpal veins can refer to: Dorsal metacarpal veins (venae metacarpales dorsales) Palmar metacarpal veins (venae metacarpales palmares) This disambiguation...
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  • Thumbnail for Dorsal metacarpal veins
    veins from the adjacent sides of the fingers unite to form three dorsal metacarpal veins, which end in a dorsal venous net-work opposite the middle of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Deep transverse metacarpal ligament
    The deep transverse metacarpal ligament (also called the deep transverse palmar ligament) connects the palmar surfaces[citation needed] of metacarpophalangeal...
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  • Thumbnail for Palmar metacarpal arteries
    The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries) are three or four arteries that arise from the convexity of the...
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  • The third metacarpal styloid process enables the hand bone to lock into the wrist bones, allowing for greater amounts of pressure to be applied to the...
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  • Thumbnail for Fourth metacarpal bone
    The fourth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the ring finger) is shorter and smaller than the third. The base is small and quadrilateral; its superior...
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  • Transverse metacarpal ligament can refer to: Deep transverse metacarpal ligament Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament This disambiguation page lists...
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  • Metacarpal arteries can refer to: Palmar metacarpal arteries (arteriae metacarpales palmares, arteriae metacarpeae volares) Dorsal metacarpal arteries...
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  • Thumbnail for Dorsal metacarpal arteries
    Most of the dorsal metacarpal arteries arise from the dorsal carpal arch and run downward on the second, third, and fourth dorsal interossei of the hand...
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    fingers and thumb. The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist. Each human hand has five metacarpals and eight carpal bones...
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  • Thumbnail for Metacarpal synostosis
    Metacarpal synostosis is a rare congenital difference which is characterized by the fusion of 2 (or, in rare cases, more) metacarpals of the hand, which...
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  • Thumbnail for Carpometacarpal bossing
    Carpometacarpal bossing (or metacarpal/carpal bossing) is a small, immovable mass of bone on the back of the wrist. The mass occurs in one of the joints...
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  • Thumbnail for Carpal bones
    intermetacarpal articulations which unite the metacarpal bones: the dorsal, interosseous, and palmar metacarpal ligaments. (Shown in yellow in the figure...
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