See Also: gracile tubercle(medicine)
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gracile(dictionary)
gracile fasciculus(medicine)
gracile lobule(medicine)
gracile habitus(medicine)
tuberculum gracile(medicine)
gracile nucleus(medicine)
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central bone (medicine) and gracile tubercle (medicine)


central bone (medicine)


central bone -->
os centrale


A small bone occasionally found at the dorsal aspect of the wrist between the scaphoid, capitate, and trapezoid; it is developed as an independent cartilage in early foetal life but usually becomes fused with the scaphoid; it occurs normally in most monkeys.

Synonym: central bone.


gracile tubercle (medicine)


gracile tubercle
Tubercle of gracile nucleus, the somewhat expanded upper end of the gracile fasciculus, corresponding to the position of the gracile nucleus.

Synonym: tuberculum nuclei gracilis, clava, gracile tubercle, tubercle of nucleus gracilis, tuberculum gracile.