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Skeletal system

Hamate bone

Os hamatum

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System
Skeletal system
Regions
Upper limb, Hand
Side
Left and right
Part of
Bones of free part of upper limb
Hamate bone (Os hamatum) highlighted in a 3D model of the human body
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The hamate bone (from Latin hamatus, "hooked"), or unciform bone (from Latin uncus, "hook") is a bone in the human wrist readily distinguishable by its wedge shape and a hook-like process ("hamulus") projecting from its palmar surface.

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Muscle attachments

Muscles that arise here

Landmarks

Names

Latin
Os hamatum
English
Hamate bone
French
Os crochu
Spanish
Hueso hamatal
Portuguese
Osso hamato

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