Accessory carpal bone
Os carpi accessorium
Projects backward from the lateral carpus; the flexor carpi ulnaris and the ulnaris lateralis pull on it and the palmar carpal ligaments anchor to it.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the accessory carpal bone is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Ulnar carpal bone5%
- Os carpi radiale6%
- Os carpale II5%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Accessory carpal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os carpi accessorium
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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