| unciform | Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. <anatomy> Unciform bone, a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum. Origin: L. Uncus a hook. <anatomy> The unciform bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| unciform bone | The bone on the medial (ulnar) side of the distal row of the carpus; it articulates with the fourth and fifth metacarpal, triquetral, lunate, and capitate. Synonym: os hamatum, hamatum, hooked bone, unciform bone, unciforme, uncinatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unciform fasciculus | A band of long association fibres reciprocally connecting the frontal and temporal lobes of the cerebrum, running caudally through the white matter of the frontal lobe, sharply curving ventrally under the stem of the sylvian fissure, and then fanning out to the cortex of the anterior half of the superior and middle temporal gyri. Synonym: fasciculus uncinatus, arcuate fasciculus, frontotemporal tract, hooked fasciculus, temporofrontal tract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| unciforme | Synonym: hamate bone. Origin: Mod. L. Unciform (05 Mar 2000) |