Orthopaedics · Skeletal System · Hard
Hamate
Meaning: Wedge-shaped carpal bone of the distal row with a hook projecting into the palm.
In practice: Its hook and the pisiform bound Guyon's canal, where the ulnar nerve can be compressed.
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