Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Sesamoid bones of the adult human hand. The sesamoid bones on the metacarpophalangeal joint are regularly present (100%). For those that are most commonly present (circled black dots) the percentages are given. More unusual locations, only occasionally found (black dots), are labeled R.
Redrawn from Degen, S.T. über das Auftreten der Knochenkerne am Handskelett von der Geburt bis zur Reife. Mit einem Hinweis auf die Sesambeine der Hand. Med. Klin. 46:1330-1332, 1951.
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