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Tubercle of Trapezium Bone
Skeletal System

Tubercle of Trapezium Bone

Tuberculum ossis trapezii

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Description

The tubercle of trapezium is the prominent, vertical ridge found on the palmar aspect of the bone. It provides origin sites for the abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, and opponens pollicis muscles, and an attachment site for the flexor retinaculum of hand.

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