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Metacarpal bone

Known as: Bones, Metacarpal, metacarpus, Metacarpal 
The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
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Blood supply aspectsBody partBone structure of upper limbCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

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Bone structure of fifth metacarpalBone structure of first metacarpalBone structure of fourth metacarpalBone structure of second metacarpal

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Structure of long bone

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Three-dimensional motion patterns of the carpal bones: an in vivo study using three-dimensional computed tomography and clinical applications
A three-dimensional (3D) CT technique was developed to analyze in vivo segmental carpal kinematics. Transverse CT data of the… 
1995
1995
Stringent delineation of Pallister-Hall syndrome in two long surviving patients: importance of radiological anomalies of the hands.
We report two unrelated, long surviving patients (2 and 17 years) with syndromal hypothalamic hamartoblastoma. Both showed mild… 
1995
1995
ULTRASONOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF PALMAR METACARPAL TENDON AND LIGAMENT STRUCTURES IN THE HORSE
An ultrasonographic study was made at several levels of the palmar metacarpal region of 23 horses (Anglo-Arabian-Andalusian) aged… 
1987
1987
Treatment of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures in noncompliant patients.
Uncooperative patients are a problem in any practice setting; however, this is particularly true in large urban county hospitals… 
1986
1986
Complications of phalangeal and metacarpal fractures.
: Most of the complications described in this paper can be prevented by strict adherence to well established principles of… 
1982
1982
Age, sex and bilateral variability in cortical bone loss and measurements of the second metacarpal.
: Bilateral hand-wrist radiographs were obtained from 176 female and 448 male adult participants of the Baltimore Longitudinal… 
1981
1981
Histologic changes in rheumatoid disease of the metacarpal and metatarsal heads as seen in surgical material.
A histologic study of surgically removed rheumatoid metatarsal and metacarpal heads showed that, at this late stage of the… 
1971
1971
Prosthetic replacement of the trapezium. Technical aspects.
Affections of the first carpometacarpal joint are often accompanied by chronic radial subluxation of the metacarpal base. It is… 
1970
1970
Radiographic findings in the hand-foot-uterus syndrome (HFUS).
The hand-foot-uterus syndrome is a hereditary disorder with abnormalities involving the hands and feet. Females with the disorder… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Observer error and measurements of the metacarpal.
Abstract The thickness of the cortex and the diameter of the 2nd metacarpal were measured from radiographs of a random sample of… 
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