Definition of Hamate. Meaning of Hamate. Synonyms of Hamate

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Definition of Hamate

Hamate
Hamate Ha"mate, a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Meaning of Hamate from wikipedia

- The hamate bone (from Latin hamatus, "hooked"), or unciform bone (from Latin uncus, "hook"), Latin os hamatum and occasionally abbreviated as just hamatum...
- Lunate column: lunate and capitate Ulnar triquetral column: triquetrum and hamate In this context the pisiform is regarded as a sesamoid bone embedded in...
- forms part of the ulnocarpal joint capsule. It connects with the pisiform, hamate, and lunate bones. It is the 2nd most commonly fractured carpal bone. The...
- C=Triquetrum, D=Pisiform Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate In the hand proper a total of 13 bones form part of the wrist: eight carpal...
- The lunate also articulates on its distal and medial surface with the hamate bone.: 708  The lunate is stabilised by a medial ligament to the scaphoid...
- (2) Pisiform bone (2) Trapezium (2) Trapezoid bone (2) Capitate bone (2) Hamate bone (2) Metacarpals (10 bones in total; 5 on each side) Phalanges of the...
- bones in the proximal row, and the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate bones in the distal row. The distal pole of the scaphoid articulates with...
- metacarpals; the fourth with the capitate, hamate, and third and fifth metacarpals; and the fifth with the hamate and fourth metacarpal; Carpometacarpal joints...
- artery. The flexor carpi ulnaris inserts onto the pisiform, hook of the hamate (via the pisohamate ligament) and the anterior surface of the base of the...
- This relieves pressure on the newly formed wrist joint of the pisiform, hamate and capitate. Depending on the surgeon, the procedure may be performed the...