- Hamulus of hamate bone
Infobox Bone
Name = Hamulus of hamate bone
Latin = hamulus ossis hamati
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Caption = The left hamate bone. (Hamulus labeled at bottom.)
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Thevolar surface of thehamate bone presents, at its lower and ulnar side, a curved, hook-like process, the hamulus, directed forward and lateralward.This process gives attachment, by its apex, to the transverse carpal ligament and the
Flexor carpi ulnaris ; by its medial surface to theFlexor digiti minimi brevis andOpponens digiti quinti ; its lateral side is grooved for the passage of theFlexor tendons into the palm of the hand.It is one of the four eminences on the front of the
carpus to which thetransverse carpal ligament of the wrist is attached; the others being thepisiform medially, the oblique ridge of thegreater multangular and the tubercle of thenavicular laterally.ee also
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ulnar nerve
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