Key facts
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ h eɪ m ə t /
- Articulations
- Articulates with five bones: , the lunate proximally, the fourth and fifth metacarpals distally, the triquetrum medially, the capitate laterally
- Latin
- os hamatum
- Mesh
- D051225
- Ta98
- A02.4.08.012
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Research
806 papers- Hamate bone fractures.Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 2021
- Fractures of the Hamate Bone: A Review of Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Management in the United Kingdom.Cureus · 2024
- Hamate Fractures.2026
- Carpal fractures.The Journal of hand surgery · 2014
- Hook of Hamate Fractures.Hand clinics · 2021
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Hamate bone
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12860
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Hamate of the right hand as seen on X-ray (labeled H) The hamate bone (from Latin hamatus, 'hooked'), or unciform bone (from Latin uncus, 'hook'), Latin os hamatum and occasionally abbreviated as just hamatum, is a bone in the human wrist readily distinguishable by its wedge shape and a hook-like process ("hamulus") projecting from its palmar surface.
Structure
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scapula
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humerus
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phalanx
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metacarpal bones
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Latin
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clavicle
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ulna
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carpal bone
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capitate bone
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triquetral bone
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ulnar canal
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hand
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bone
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International Standard Book Number
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golf
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baseball
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public domain
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digital object identifier
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International Standard Serial Number
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wrist
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