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metacarpal bones

Also known as metacarpal, metacarpal bone

bones of hand

Key facts

Origins: Carpal bones of wrist
Insertions: Proximal phalanges
Articulations: Carpometacarpal , intermetacarpal , metacarpophalangeal
Latin: os metacarpale, pl. ossa metacarpalia
Mesh: D050279
Ta98: A02.4.09.001

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Research

4,082 papers

Metacarpal Fractures: An Evidence-Based Review to Guide Treatment.The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2025
[Fractures of the finger and metacarpal bones II-V : Diagnostics and treatment].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
[External stabilization of the metacarpal bones II to V. Anatomic-clinical study].Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V... · 1998
Length of metacarpal and metatarsal bones in five Iranian sheep breeds and their associations with ungula measurements.BMC veterinary research · 2021
Metacarpal and Phalangeal Nonunions.Hand clinics · 2024

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Wikidata facts

Image: Metacarpal bones (left hand) - animation02.gif

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Commons category: Metacarpus
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12751

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Article

In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones, or "palm bones", collectively the metacarpus, are the appendicular bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the phalanges (fingers) and the carpal bones (wrist bones), which articulate with the forearm. The metacarpal bones are homologous to the metatarsal bones in the foot.

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