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Hamate bone — Bone: Hamate bone Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right). Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate … Wikipedia
hamate bone — [ heɪmət] noun Anatomy a hook shaped carpal bone to which muscles of the little finger are attached. Origin C18: from L. hamatus hooked … English new terms dictionary
Hamulus of hamate bone — Infobox Bone Name = Hamulus of hamate bone Latin = hamulus ossis hamati GraySubject = 54 GrayPage = 227 Caption = The left hamate bone. (Hamulus labeled at bottom.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName =… … Wikipedia
hamate bone — (unciform bone) a hook shaped bone of the wrist (see carpus). It articulates with the capitate and triquetral bones at the sides, with the lunate bone behind, and with the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones in front. * * * os hamatum … Medical dictionary
hamate bone — unciform bone a hook shaped bone of the wrist (see carpus). It articulates with the capitate and triquetral bones at the sides, with the lunate bone behind, and with the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones in front … The new mediacal dictionary
hook — 1. An instrument curved or bent near its tip, used for fixation of a part or traction. 2. hamulus. [A.S. hok] calvarial h. an instrument used in prying off the top of the skull after it has been sawed around, at autopsies and dissections. h. of… … Medical dictionary
hamate — See h. (bone). * * * ha·mate hā .mātalso ham ət adj shaped like a hook hamate n a bone on the little finger side of the second row of the carpus in mammals called also unciform, unciform bone * * * ham·ate (hamґāt) shaped like a … Medical dictionary
hamate — ha•mate [[t]ˈheɪ meɪt[/t]] n. anat. a bone of the carpus having a hooklike process projecting from the palmar surface Also called ham′ate bone . Etymology: 1735–45; < L hāmātus hooked =hām(us) hook + ātus ate I … From formal English to slang
hamate — noun Etymology: Latin hamatus hooked, from hamus hook Date: 1924 a bone on the inner side of the second row of the carpus in mammals … New Collegiate Dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
