Third metacarpal bone

<h2 id="ossification">Ossification</h2>
<p>The ossification process begins in the shaft during prenatal life, and in the head between the 11th and 27th months.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Metacarpus/j5U6ThfC">Metacarpus</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/First_metacarpal_bone/cUPMywuP">First metacarpal bone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Second_metacarpal_bone/qPjqdG77">Second metacarpal bone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fourth_metacarpal_bone/Jrg9vcLW">Fourth metacarpal bone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fifth_metacarpal_bone/vbxJvdWM">Fifth metacarpal bone</a></li></ul>

<p> <i>This article incorporates text in the <a href="/facts/Public_domain/YWKMDKw4">public domain</a> from <a href="https://archive.org/stream/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray#page/228/mode/2up">page 228</a> of the 20th edition of</i> <a href="/facts/Gray%27s_Anatomy/dLMyjr2p">Gray's Anatomy</a> <i>(1918)</i>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Balachandran, Ajay; Anooj Krishna; Moumitha Kartha; Libu G. K.; Liza John; Krishnan B (30 December 2013). "A Study of Ossification of heads of 2nd to 5th Metacarpals in Forensic Age Estimation in the Kerala Population" (PDF). Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2 (52): 10165–10171. doi:10.14260/jemds/1751. Retrieved 26 December 2013. <a href="http://www.jemds.com/data_pdf/dr%20ajay%20balachandran.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.jemds.com/data_pdf/dr%20ajay%20balachandran.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Third metacarpal bone