Carpal bone in the wrist
The hamate bone (from Latin hamatus , "hooked"), or unciform bone (from Latin uncus , "hook"), Latin os hamatum and occasionally abbreviated as just hamatum ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] is a bone in the human wrist readily distinguishable by its wedge shape and a hook-like process ("hamulus") projecting from its palmar surface.
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