Articulations:
| Capitohamate Joint | |
| Triquetriohamate Joint | |
| Ring Carpometacarpal Joint | |
| Small Carpometacarpal Joint | |
| Opponens Digiti Minimi |
Muscle Attachments:
Hook: Flexor Digiti Minimi
Ligament Attachments:
Epiphyses:
Blood Supply:
Fractures: Hamate fracture
Points of interest: The hook of the hamate forms the ulnar border of the carpal tunnel, and acts as a trochlea for the flexor tendons. The small finger flexors are immediately adjacent to the radial border of the hook, and may develop attritional rupture from inflammation or nonunion of the hook.
Variations:
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