Metacarpal Bones
"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metacarpal Bones" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Grzeskowiak RM, Alghazali KM, Hecht S, Donnell RL, Doherty TJ, Smith CK, Anderson DE, Biris AS, Adair HS. Influence of a novel scaffold composed of polyurethane, hydroxyapatite, and decellularized bone particles on the healing of fourth metacarpal defects in mares. Vet Surg. 2021 Jul; 50(5):1117-1127.