hamate

• Существительное, обозначающее запястную кость в кисти, расположенную на одной линии с четвёртым и пятым пальцами.

A noun referring to a carpal bone in the wrist that is located in line with the fourth and fifth fingers.

1. Wrist boneC1formalmedical

   A small, hook-shaped carpal bone in the wrist, located in line with the fourth and fifth fingers.

   Крючковидная кость

   • The hamate bone can be fractured during a fall onto an outstretched hand.
   • In anatomy class, we studied the relationship between the hamate and the metacarpals.
   • Surgery was required to repair a damaged hamate in the athlete's wrist.
   • The hook of the hamate is a common site of injury in golfers.

   Синонимыhamate bone