"Metacarpal Bones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
| Descriptor ID |
D050279
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.087.319.550
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Dichiera R, Dunn J, Bader J, Bulken-Hoover J, Pallis M. Characterization of Metacarpal Fractures in a Military Population. Mil Med. 2016 08; 181(8):931-4.