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THE SKELETON. 



and inwards, and articulates with the scaphoid. The inferior surface, directed 

 downwards and outwards, is oval, concave from side to side, convex from before 

 backwards, so as to form a saddle-shaped surface, for articulation with the base 

 of the first metacarpal bone. The anterior or palmar surface is narrow and 

 rough. At its upper part is a deep groove, running from above obliquely 

 downwards and inwards ; it transmits the tendon of the Flexor Carpi Eadialis, 

 and is bounded externally by a prominent ridge, the oblique ridge of the tra- 



Fig. 162. Bones of the Left Hand. Palmar Surface. 



FLEXOR BREV\S MINIMI DICIT1 



FLEXOR OS5IS METACARPI 

 MINIMI DICITI 



