In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, hamate bone is referenced by 225 other articles, and connects out to scapula, humerus and phalanx.
Vinony files it under Bones of the hand, Carpal bones and Wrist.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- carpal bone
- Image
- Gray228.png
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- Commons category
- Hamate bone
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12860
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hamate bone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.