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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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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Discriminant functions designed for the determination of sex from metacarpal measurements are presented. Three samples of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Formulae for the estimation of stature from metacarpal lengths are presented. Two samples of metacarpal specimens were employed… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
To investigate associations among methods for noninvasive measurement of skeletal bone mass, we studied 40 healthy early… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
THE tarsal organ of deer of the genus Odocoileus is located, medially on the ankle (Fig. 1) and consists of sebaceous and… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The three groups of abnormal chick embryos known as talpids show a common pattern of remarkably widespread pleiotropic…