| 单词 | capitate bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmascapitate bone capitate bone n. [after scientific Latin os capitatum (1749 or earlier)] Anatomy the largest of the bones of the human wrist, located in the distal row of carpal bones and having a prominent head.Until the Basle Nomina Anatomica (1895), this bone was more commonly called os magnum. ΚΠ 1861 J. Leidy Elem. Treat. Human Anat. 138 The capitate bone, the largest of the second carpal row, has a prominent convex head articulating with the scaphoid, lunar, and unciform bones. 1913 Cunningham's Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 4) 223 An exceptional case..in which the centres for the capitate and triquetral bones were already present [at birth]. 2005 Jrnl. Biomechanics 38 1592/1 All subjects were right-handed, and their hand lengths, measured as the distance from the tip of digit 3 to the dorsal groove between the lunate and capitate bones, ranged from 142.4 to 182.5 mm. < as lemmas |
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