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  2. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...

  3. Intervertebral foramen - Wikipedia

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    [2]: 425 In the cervical region, a small part of the body of vertebra inferior to the intervertebral disc also forms the anterior boundary of the IVF (due to the fact that the junction of the pedicle with the body of vertebra is situated somewhat more inferiorly on the body). [2]: 425

  4. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    Lower arm bones (4 bones in total, 2 on each side) left bone Ulna (2) (Lined up with pinky) Radius (2) (Lined up with thumb) Hand (54 bones in total; 27 in each hand) Carpals. Scaphoid bone (2) Lunate bone (2) Triquetral bone (2) Pisiform bone (2) Trapezium (2) Trapezoid bone (2) Capitate bone (2) Hamate bone (2) Metacarpals (10 bones in total ...

  5. Triquetral bone - Wikipedia

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    The triquetral bone (/ t r aɪ ˈ k w ɛ t r əl,-ˈ k w iː-/; also called triquetrum, pyramidal, three-faced, and formerly cuneiform bone) is located in the wrist on the medial side of the proximal row of the carpus between the lunate and pisiform bones. It is on the ulnar side of the hand, but does not directly articulate with the ulna.

  6. Foramen magnum - Wikipedia

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    The foramen magnum is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull. [2] It is present in humans, and in many other animals. Anteriorly, it is bounded by the basiocciput. [2] Posteriorly, it is bounded by the supraocciput. [2] Laterally, it is bounded by the occipital condyles. [2]

  7. Boutonniere deformity - Wikipedia

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    Boutonniere deformity is a deformed position of the fingers or toes, in which the joint nearest the knuckle (the proximal interphalangeal joint, or PIP) is permanently bent toward the palm while the farthest joint (the distal interphalangeal joint, or DIP) is bent back away (PIP flexion with DIP hyperextension).

  8. Haversian canal - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a typical long bone showing both cortical (compact) and cancellous (spongy) bone. Haversian canals [i] (sometimes canals of Havers, osteonic canals or central canals) are a series of microscopic tubes in the outermost region of bone called cortical bone. They allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through them to supply the osteocytes.

  9. Flexor retinaculum of the hand - Wikipedia

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    On the radial side of the retinaculum is the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis, which lies in the groove on the greater multangular between the attachments of the ligament to the bone. The tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi ulnaris are partly attached to the surface of the retinaculum; below, the short muscles of the thumb and ...