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triangular bone

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triangular bone
n.
An independent ossicle sometimes present in the tarsus and usually forming part of the talus.

triangular bone,
the pyramidal carpal bone in the proximal row on the ulnar side of the wrist. Also called cuneiform bone, os triquetrum.


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