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THE pisiform bone is often dismissed by the human anatomist as an insignificant sesamoid bone in the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, notwithstanding its articulation with the os triquetrum (os ulnare of comparative anatomy).
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HARRIS, H. The Pisiform Bone. Nature 153, 715 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153715b0
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