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Descriptor English: Metacarpal Bones
Descriptor Spanish: Huesos del Metacarpo
Descriptor huesos del metacarpo
Entry term(s) metacarpianos
Scope note: Cinco huesos cilíndricos del METACARPO que se articulan con los HUESOS DEL CARPO proximalmente y con las FALANGES DE LOS DEDOS DE LA MANO distalmente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ossos Metacarpais
Descriptor French: Os du métacarpe
Entry term(s): Bones, Metacarpal
Metacarpals
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.087.319.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050279
Scope note: The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
Annotation: do not confuse with METACARPUS, the anatomical region
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Metacarpus (1965-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Related: Metacarpus MeSH
DeCS ID: 50363
Unique ID: D050279
NLM Classification: WE 830
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Metacarpal Bones - Preferred
Concept UI M0473619
Scope note The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
Preferred term Metacarpal Bones
Entry term(s) Bones, Metacarpal
Metacarpals



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