Third metacarpal bone
| Bone: Third metacarpal bone |
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| The third metacarpal. (Left.) |
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| Bones of the left hand. Dorsal surface. |
| Latin |
ossa metacarpalia III |
| Gray's |
subject #55 228 |
| MeSH |
Metacarpal+Bones |
The third metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the middle finger) is a little smaller than the second.
The dorsal aspect of its base presents on its radial side a pyramidal eminence, the styloid process, which extends upward behind the capitate; immediately distal to this is a rough surface for the attachment of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle.
The carpal articular facet is concave behind, flat in front, and articulates with the capitate.
On the radial side is a smooth, concave facet for articulation with the second metacarpal, and on the ulnar side two small oval facets for the fourth metacarpal.
See also
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Bones of upper limbs |
| Pectoral girdle, clavicle |
conoid tubercle - trapezoid line - costal tuberosity - subclavian groove |
| Scapula |
spine of scapula - suprascapular notch - acromion - glenoid cavity - glenoidal labrum - coracoid process - fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous) - borders (superior, lateral/axillary, medial/vertebral) - angles (superior, inferior, lateral) - tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid) |
| Humerus |
upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical) - tubercles (greater, lesser) - intertubercular sulcus
body: radial sulcus - deltoid tuberosity
lower extremity: capitulum - trochlea - epicondyles (lateral, medial) - supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial) - fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon) |
| Forearm |
ulna: upper extremity (olecranon, coronoid process, tuberosity, radial notch, semilunar notch) - body of ulna - lower extremity (styloid process)
radius: upper extremity (tuberosity) - body - lower extremity (ulnar notch, styloid process) |
| Hand |
carpus: scaphoid - lunate - triquetral - pisiform - trapezium - trapezoid - capitate - hamate (hamulus) - metacarpus: 1st metacarpal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - phalanges of the hand |
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