"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metacarpal Bones" by people in Profiles.
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Early Return of Motion in Patients With Intramedullary Screw Placement for Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fracture Fixation. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Apr 01; 92(4S Suppl 2):S136-S141.
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Articular Involvement With Retrograde Headless Compression Screw Fixation of the Metacarpal. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 01; 49(1):62.e1-62.e6.
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Ontogenetic changes to metacarpal trabecular bone structure in mountain and western lowland gorillas. J Anat. 2022 07; 241(1):82-100.
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Systemic patterns of trabecular bone across the human and chimpanzee skeleton. J Anat. 2018 04; 232(4):641-656.
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A Biomechanical Comparison of Distal Fixation for Bridge Plating in a Distal Radius Fracture Model. J Hand Surg Am. 2017 Sep; 42(9):748.e1-748.e8.
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Imaging Diagnosis of Solitary Tumors of the Phalanges and Metacarpals of the Hand. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Jul; 205(1):106-15.
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Human evolution. Response to Comment on "Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus". Science. 2015 Jun 05; 348(6239):1101.
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Human evolution. Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus. Science. 2015 Jan 23; 347(6220):395-9.
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Trabecular bone structure correlates with hand posture and use in hominoids. PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e78781.
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Costal osteochondral grafting as a treatment method for avascular necrosis of the ring finger metacarpal: a case report. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2014 Mar; 39(3):320-1.