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convex backwards ; the carpal ends or bases of all, except the 

 first, are more or less wedge-shaped, and the heads of all are 

 rounded. 



The first metacarpal is the shortest and stoutest of the five 



Abductor Pollici 

 Opponens Pollicis 



Superficial Head of Flexor ...... 



Brevis Pollicis 

 Ext. Ossis Metacarpi Poll.----^ 



Deep Head of F f lex. Brevis Pollicis- - 



Flexor Carpi Radialis J~ ~ 



Opponens Pollicis 



Extensor Brevis Pollicis -- 



Extensor Longus 



Poll. 

 Flexor Longus Poll. 



^. Flexor Carpi Ulnaris 



Abductor Minimi Digiti 



-Adductor Obliquus Pollicis 



__Opponens Minimi Digiti 



Abductor M ini mi Digit! 



and Flexor Brevis 



Minimi Digiti 



Flexor Sublimis DigitorunUc 

 Flexor Profundus Digitorum 



FIG. 5. BONES OF THE RIGHT HAND (ANTERIOR VIEW). 



and has a saddle-shaped base for articulation with the^rapezium. 

 It supports only two phalanges. 



The second metacarpal is the longest, and the other three 

 gradually decrease in length. They articulate with one another 

 at their carpal ends, and with the trapezoid, os magnum, and 



