The smaller second and fourth metacarpals are positioned medially and laterally respectively, toward the palmar side of the third metacarpal.

The second and fourth metacarpals are joined to the third metacarpal by fibrous tissue, and occasionally by ossified bridges of bone, which often form after trauma to the region.

* and the fifth with the hamate and fourth metacarpal.

The fourth and fifth metacarpal bones are commonly " blunted " or shortened, in pseudohypoparathyroidism and pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

A blunted fourth metacarpal, with normal fifth metacarpal, can signify Turner syndrome.

Blunted metacarpals ( particularly the fourth metacarpal ) are a symptom of Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

The inferior surface is divided by two ridges into three facets, for articulation with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones, that for the third being the largest.

The capitate articulates with seven bones: the scaphoid and lunate proximally, the second metacarpal, third metacarpal, and fourth metacarpal distally, the lesser multangular on the radial side, and the hamate on the ulnar side.

It is situated at the medial and lower angle of the carpus, with its base downward, resting on the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, and its apex directed upward and lateralward.

* The inferior articulates with the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, by concave facets which are separated by a ridge.

However, later in the year, Utley was hit by a pitch thrown by Washington Nationals pitcher John Lannan ; he broke the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand.

* metatarsus: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal bone

It is accompanied by a " fourth head ", the slight plantaris muscle, the long slender tendon of which is also attached to the heel bone but not visible.

** Of these, the anterior or lacrimal process is small and pointed and is situated at the junction of the anterior fourth with the posterior three-fourths of the bone: it articulates, by its apex, with the descending process of the lacrimal bone, and, by its margins, with the groove on the back of the frontal process of the maxilla, and thus assists in forming the canal for the nasolacrimal duct.

The bone is also found in many other mammals, and is homologous with the " fourth distal carpal " of reptiles and amphibians.

There is joint space narrowing with bone proliferation at the third PIP joint and erosions are present at the fourth DIP joint ( white circle ).

Even-toed ungulates, such as the giraffe, uses both their third and fourth toes but a single completely fused phalanx bone for weight-bearing.

The first bone strips suitable for this purpose come from " graves of the fourth or third centuries " BCE.

The grip laths stayed essentially the same except that a fourth piece was sometimes glued to the back of the handle enclosing it with bone on all four faces.

* Curb, or tarsal plantar desmitis, is traditionally considered a sprain of the plantar ligament, which runs down the back of the hock, serving functionally as a tension band connecting the calcaneus, the fourth tarsal bone and the fourth metatatarsal bone.

It arises from the front of the sacrum by three fleshy digitations, attached to the portions of bone between the first, second, third, and fourth anterior sacral foramina, and to the grooves leading from the foramina: a few fibers also arise from the margin of the greater sciatic foramen, and from the anterior surface of the sacrotuberous ligament.

Abrictosaurus also had smaller, less powerful forelimbs than Heterodontosaurus and one fewer phalanx bone in both the fourth and fifth digits of the forelimb.

Bill Roycroft, the fourth Australian team member, had fallen on cement drain pipes, resulting in a concussion and broken collar bone.

# Articular: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease ( or, avascular necrosis of the femoral head in the hip ), Köhler's disease ( of the tarsal navicular bone of the foot ), Panner's disease ( of the capitulum of the elbow ), and Freiberg's infraction ( of the second or third metatarsal of the foot and less frequently the first or fourth ; sometimes called Freiberg's Infraction or Freiberg's disease )

The os suspensorium bone of the fourth vertebrae ( V4 ) somewhat retains its shape, developing from the pleural rib of the vertebrae ( R2 ).

Following a heel bone injury to Madan Lal, Sandhu made his debut in the fourth Test at Hyderabad.

They have three forward-facing toes and fourth hind toe is higher and either retrogressed or absent.

The term macropod comes from the Greek for " large foot " and is appropriate: most have a very long, narrow hind foot with a distinctive arrangement of toes: the fourth toe is very large and strong, the fifth toe moderately so, the second and third are fused and the first toe is usually missing.

The hind feet had an enlarged fourth toe with a heavy claw shaped like a tiny horse's hoof, with the other toes being vestigial: only the fused second and third toes being useful, and that not for locomotion but for grooming.

Lacking individual names, the metatarsal bones are numbered from the medial side ( side of great toe ): the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal.

Unlike members of the closely related genus Agama, the third ( middle ) toe is the longest instead of the fourth.

The limbs are well developed ; the fourth hind toe is not much longer than the third.

However, whereas most theropods walked with three toes contacting the ground, fossilized footprint tracks confirm that most deinonychosaurs held the second toe off the ground in a hyperextended position, with only the third and fourth toes bearing the weight of the animal.

However, whereas most theropods walked with three toes contacting the ground, fossilized footprint tracks confirm that most deinonychosaurs, including the dromaeosaurids, held the second toe off the ground in a hyperextended position, with only the third and fourth toes bearing the weight of the animal.

The Gallbladder meridian begins at the outer edge of the eye, moves to the side of the head and trunk, and ends on the outside of the fourth toe.

A hammer toe or contracted toe is a deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be permanently bent, resembling a hammer.

Claw toe can affect the second, third, fourth, or fifth toes.

This gecko most closely resembles Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus ( a species that also occurs in southern Peru ), from which it can be distinguished by smaller and more numerous terminal lamellae on the fourth toe.

There is no case reported where it begins in any other toe than the fifth, while there is occasionally a groove on the fourth or third toe.

Each back foot of this Jerboa has an extra, fourth toe, which is small compared to the 3 functional toes.

On the other hand it resembled more typical theropods in having a long tail, a propubic pelvis, a long lower leg and a foot without a fourth toe reaching the ground.

However, he was injured for eight weeks with a broken toe ; during this period, Middlesbrough dropped from fourth down to ninth in the league.