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Hamate bone
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<p>The hamate bone , or unciform bone (from <a href="/facts/Latin_language/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <i>uncus</i>, "hook"), Latin os hamatum and occasionally abbreviated as just hamatum, is a bone in the human <a href="/facts/Wrist/scSMl0zG">wrist</a> readily distinguishable by its wedge shape and a hook-like process ("hamulus") projecting from its <a href="/facts/Radioulnar/IpJ1fq2f">palmar</a> surface. </p>