(os )
(os′ă)
pl. ossa [L. os, stem oss-, bone]
Bone; a bone.
SEE: bone
SEE: Calcaneus.
SEE: Innominate bone.
The hooked bone on the ulnar side of the distal row of the carpus (wrist).
SYN: SEE: unciform bone
The horseshoe-shaped bone lying at the base of the tongue.
SYN: SEE: hyoid bone
SEE: Ilium.
The innominate (hip) bone.
The third bone in the second distal row of the carpus.
SYN: SEE: capitatum
The tiny bone in the ear that becomes attached to the incus, forming the lenticular process.
A bone occasionally found in the tendon of the peroneus longus muscle.
1. Any bone that has only a slight thickness; a flat bone.
2. The orbital plate of the ethmoid bone.
The anteroinferior part of the hip bone; the pubic bone. In the adult, it and the ilium and ischium form the pelvic bone. The superior and inferior rami unite medially to form the pubic symphysis; at its lateral end the pubic bone forms part of the acetabulum.
SEE: Scaphoid bone.
SEE: Temporal bone.
A bone of the foot that develops from an extra center of ossification along the posterior surface of the talus.
SEE: Lacrimal bone.
A bone that develops from the ossification of the posterior tubercle of the fifth metatarsal.