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    The carpometacarpal (CMC) joints are five joints in the wrist that articulate the distal row of carpal bones and the proximal bases of the five metacarpal...
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    joints between the carpus and metacarpus of the hand, called the carpometacarpal joints, where a small immovable protuberance occurs when this joint becomes...
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    with the hamate and fourth metacarpal; Carpometacarpal joints of the left hand. Thumb on left. Carpometacarpal joints of the left hand. Thumb on left. X-ray...
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    be possible, the thumb must rotate about its long axis (at the carpometacarpal joint). Arguably, this definition was chosen to underline what is unique...
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    metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP, including the knuckles) and interphalangeal joints (IP). Of the joints between the carpus and metacarpus, the carpometacarpal joints, only...
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  • interphalangeal joint is not possible, or considerably more difficult, with the carpal, carpometacarpal, and metacarpophalangeal joints simultaneously...
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  • Thumbnail for Bennett's fracture
    finger involving the base of the thumb, and extends into the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint. Treatment typically requires surgery. This intra-articular fracture...
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    osteopenia of the carpal joint and 1st carpometacarpal joint MRI of osteoarthritis in the knee, with characteristic narrowing of the joint space Primary osteoarthritis...
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    Wrist (redirect from Radio-carpal joint)
    metacarpal bones —at the carpometacarpal joints— by strong ligaments —the pisometacarpal and palmar and dorsal carpometacarpal ligament— that makes a functional...
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  • Thumbnail for Abductor pollicis brevis muscle
    pollicis brevis does this by acting across both the carpometacarpal joint and the metacarpophalangeal joint. It also assists in opposition and extension of...
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  • Thumbnail for Opponens pollicis muscle
    responsible for is the flexion of the thumb's metacarpal at the first carpometacarpal joint. This specific action cups the palm. Many texts, for simplicity...
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    saddle joints in the human body include the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, the sternoclavicular joint of the thorax, the incudomalleolar joint of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis
    base of the thumb, thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, basilar (or basal) joint arthritis, or as rhizarthrosis. This joint is formed by the trapezium...
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    help stabilize the wrist in straight position. If the thumb or its carpometacarpal joint is absent, centralization can be followed by pollicization. Postoperatively...
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    of the carpus at the first carpometacarpal joint and to the proximal thumb phalanx at the first metacarpophalangeal joint. The first metacarpal bone is...
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  • Thumbnail for Opponens digiti minimi muscle of hand
    serves to flex and laterally rotate the 5th metacarpal about the 5th carpometacarpal joint, as when bringing the little finger and thumb into opposition. It...
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    adductors at the carpometacarpal joint. In humans the PCSA of the oblique head is relatively enlarged and both heads act as flexors at this joint. Adductor hallucis...
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  • on their dorsal side Palmar carpometacarpal ligaments, a series of bands on the palmar surface of the carpometacarpal joints that connect the carpal bones...
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    bones are the intercarpal articulations and the midcarpal joint. The carpometacarpal joint connects the carpal bones to the metacarpus or metacarpal bones...
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    Carpal tunnel Ulnar canal Carpometacarpal joints Carpometacarpal joint of thumb Intermetacarpal joints Metacarpophalangeal joints Deep transverse metacarpal...
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  • articular facets. The synovial membrane for these joints is continuous with that of the carpometacarpal joints. The bones in the hand The carpal and metacarpal...
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  • Thumbnail for Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
    the metacarpophalangeal joint, as well as flexion and medial rotation of the 1st metacarpal bone at the carpometacarpal joint. Flexor pollicis brevis...
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    (October 2014). "Possibility of the hamatum carpometacarpal joint as a new joint donor site for interphalangeal joint restoration". European Journal of Orthopaedic...
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    insertion for the flexor pollicis longus, and the shape of the carpometacarpal joint between the metacarpal bone of the index finger and the capitate...
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  • Thumbnail for Intercarpal joints
    interosseous ligament, often continuous with the cavity of the carpometacarpal joints, sometimes of the second, third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal bones...
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    the third metacarpal bone (the middle finger) and forms the third carpometacarpal joint. The capitate bone is the largest of the carpal bones in the human...
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    two. The bone missing in the latter is the carpometacarpus. Carpometacarpal joint, a joint (not a bone) in the human wrist "carpometacarpus". Dictionary...
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    The joint space between trapezium and trapezoid, or that between trapezoid and capitate, may communicate with cavities of the carpometacarpal joints, most...
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  • Thumbnail for Polydactyly
    extra little finger at the metacarpophalangeal joint, or more proximal including the carpometacarpal joint. The little finger can be hypoplastic or fully...
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  • Thumbnail for Synovial joint
    A synovial joint, also known as diarthrosis, join bones or cartilage with a fibrous joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum of the joined...
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