A metacarpal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of manual digit 5. [ OBOL:automatic ]
Synonyms: 5 th finger metacarpal metacarpal 5 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 metacarpal bone of hand digit 5 manual digit 5 metacarpus hand digit 5 metacarpal bone hand digit 5 metacarpal fifth finger metacarpal bone metacarpal of fifth finger metacarpal bone of fifth finger metacarpal bone of 5 th finger 5 th digit of hand metacarpal bone 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
- UMLS:C1711224 (ncithesaurus:Metacarpal_Bone_Digit_5)
- MA:0001368
- EMAPA:19120
- SCTID:263402008
- AAO:0000855
- NCIT:C52792
- FMA:23903
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
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].