CAPITATE BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capitate bone mean? 

• CAPITATE BONE (noun)
  The noun CAPITATE BONE has 1 sense:

1. the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus

  Familiarity information: CAPITATE BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITATE BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

capitate; capitate bone; os capitatum

Hypernyms ("capitate bone" is a kind of...):

carpal; carpal bone; wrist bone (any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates)

 Context examples 

The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone.

(Carpal Bone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)