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
via Wikipedia infobox
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].
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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.
Structure