pisiform in English

noun
1
a small rounded carpal bone situated where the palm of the hand meets the outer edge of the wrist.
The motor branch to the hypothenar muscles separates from the main ulnar nerve just distal to the pisiform at the wrist.
noun
    pisiform bone

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2. The Carpals are often split into two rows, the proximal row containing the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform, moving lateral to medial

3. Carpals of the left hand: There are eight carpal bones in each wrist: scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate

4. The main peculiarity allowing to differentiate this bone from other Carpals is the flat and nearly perfectly round articular surface with the pisiform bone