A metacarpal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of manual digit 5. [ OBOL:automatic ]
Synonyms: metacarpal 5 5 th finger metacarpal metacarpal V metacarpal bone of digit V fifth metacarpal bone metacarpal bone of 5 th digit of hand 5 th finger metacarpal bone metacarpal of 5 th finger metacarpal of hand digit 5 manual digit 5 metacarpus metacarpal bone of hand digit 5 hand digit 5 metacarpal bone hand digit 5 metacarpal fifth finger metacarpal bone metacarpal of fifth finger 5 th digit of hand metacarpal bone metacarpal bone of fifth finger metacarpal bone of 5 th finger metacarpal bone digit 5 5 th digit of hand metacarpal metacarpal of 5 th digit of hand fifth finger metacarpal finger 5 metacarpus
Term information
- AAO:0000855
- NCIT:C52792
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/263402008
- FMA:23903
- UMLS:C1711224 (ncithesaurus:Metacarpal_Bone_Digit_5)
- MA:0001368
- EMAPA:19120
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1711224
pheno_slim
Dumb-bell shaped bones of endochondral origin with cartilaginous epiphyses that articulates with carpal 5(4) proximally and with the proximal phalanx of digit V(IV) distally.[AAO]
The fifth metacarpal bone (metacarpal bone of the little finger or pinky finger) is the most lateral metacarpal[Wikipedia:Fifth_metacarpal_bone].