The scaphoid and lunar of the carpus, and commonly also the centrale, remain distinct from one another.
The scaphoidand lunar are generally united, and a centrale may be present or absent.
All the bones of the carpus interlock strongly, and the axis of the third digit passes through the magnum and between the scaphoid and lunar.
It differs however from that of all living Carnivora in having the scaphoid and lunar distinct.
He also considers that the mammalian scaphoid represents a centrale.
It articulates at its proximal end with the humerus, and at its distal end with the radiale orscaphoid bone of the carpus.
The Creodonta differ from living Carnivora in the fact that the scaphoid and lunar are usually separate.
In the Manidae the scaphoid and lunar are united; five digits are present, the third and fourth being very large, and all being terminated by deeply cleft ungual phalanges.
The corner of the scaphoid just reaches the magnum also in Amblypoda.
The femur has a third trochanter, and the feet resemble those of bears in being plantigrade and having pointed ungual phalanges, differing, however, in having the scaphoid and lunar distinct.
The Creodonta also differ from modern Carnivora in the fact that the scaphoid and lunar are usually separate, and that the femur has a third trochanter.
Some of the Oligocene forms, alike as regards dentition, the union of the scaphoid and lunar of the carpus, and the complexity of the brain, approximated to modern Carnivora.
Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Defn: The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale.
Scapholunar bone, a bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of carnivora.
The scaphoid is placed outward, and the head of the astragalus projects into the sole.
There is a great increase in the obliquity of the neck of the astragalus in congenital cases, so that the scaphoid and anterior half of the foot, together with the dorsal tendons are carried inward.
This is increased by walking and standing and tender points may be found under the scaphoid and on the upper surface of the heel.
In the severest cases, the head of the astragalus, and scaphoid may be displaced below the plane of the other bones.
The signs are very pronounced; the head of the astragalus can be seen and felt lying upon the upper surface of the scaphoid and cuneiform bones.
The scaphoid articulates with the inner side rather than the front of the astragalus and, in extreme cases, forms a joint surface with the inner malleolus.
A second diagnostic point is the abnormal position of the calcaneus and scaphoid with relation to the malleoli and astragalus.
Below and behind the inner malleolus the scaphoid projects beneath the skin.
The anti-helix may be unduly prominent or be insignificant; the scaphoidfossa may extend through the lobule or be triple.
The scaphoid fossa extends through the lobe, which is continuous with the body of the ear and is not distinct.
The lobule should be shapely, not adherent, not too pendulous and free from grooves extending from thescaphoid fossa.
To this malformation he has given the name, scaphoid scapula.
He finds that even in children, the subjects of the scaphoid scapula, the arteries are very definitely thickened.
The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
The cuboid is small; thescaphoid is large, and flattened from above downwards.
We have already mentioned that the scaphoid and the cuboid are ankylosed; they form by their union an irregular bone, on which the astragalus and calcaneum are supported.
In the superior row the scaphoid and semilunar bones are fused together.
The bones of the carpus are seven in number, the scaphoid and the semilunar being fused together.
In shape, the head of the western Eskimo is highly mesocephalic to moderately brachycephalic and of only fair height, and it seldom approaches the scaphoid or dome-shaped.
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