IN a recent letter in Nature, Prof. Harris 1 gave radiological evidence for the appearance of a separate epiphysial centre in the pisiform bone of sub-human primates. In view of the considerable ...
Ligaments are typically bands of fibrous tissue that connect one bone to another. The pisohamate ligament is part of the structure of the hand, where it connects the pisiform bone to the hook of the ...
The abductor digiti minimi muscle is a particularly strong skeletal muscle of the hand. It is attached to the bones of the hand by tendons and is shaped like a spindle. The muscle runs from the ...
THE pisiform bone is often dismissed by the human anatomist as an insignificant sesamoid bone in the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, notwithstanding its articulation with the os triquetrum ...