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(*note: hand is in a pronated position)
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:watermark(/images/watermark_only.png,0,0,0):watermark(/images/logo_url.png,-10,-10,0):format(jpeg)/images/learnable/first-metacarpal-bone-1/F7xhvNzNogUZ1k7190G6g_First_metacarpal_bone.png "1st metacarpal bone (Os metacarpi 1); Image: National Library of Medicine"){kind=logo}
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Capitate bone
Os capitatum
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