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Skeletal system

Fourth metacarpal bone

Os quartum metacarpi

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System
Skeletal system
Regions
Upper limb, Hand
Side
Left and right
Part of
Bones of free part of upper limb
Fourth metacarpal bone (Os quartum metacarpi) highlighted in a 3D model of the human body
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In human anatomy, the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the forearm.

The metacarpal bones are analogous to the metatarsal bones in the foot.

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Muscle attachments

Muscles that arise here

Names

Latin
Os quartum metacarpi
English
Fourth metacarpal bone
French
Quatrième métacrapien
Spanish
Cuarto hueso metacarpiano
Portuguese
Osso quarto metacarpo

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