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Encyclopedia > Trapezium bone

The trapezium is a bone in the human hand. It was also previously referred to as the greater multangular bone or the os multangulum majus.


This bone is a carpal bone, in the section commonly referred to as the wrist. It articulates distally with the first metacarpal bone (of the thumb) and proximally with the scaphoid bone. It articulates with the traphezoid bone and the second metacarpal bone medially.


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Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. Page 225 (547 words)
—The pisiform articulates with one bone, the triangular.
Bones of the Distal Row (lower row).—The Greater Multangular Bone (os multangulum majus; trapezium) (Fig.
The superior surface is directed upward and medialward; medially it is smooth, and articulates with the navicular; laterally it is rough and continuous with the lateral surface.
Trapezium (bone) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (272 words)
The trapezium bone (greater multangular bone) is a carpal bone, in what is commonly referred to as the wrist.
The trapezium is distinguished by a deep groove on its palmar surface.
The superior surface is directed upward and medialward; medially it is smooth, and articulates with the scaphoid; laterally it is rough and continuous with the lateral surface.
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