The hamate (wrist bone)

What it does

The hamate sits on the little-finger side of the second row of wrist bones. A hook-shaped projection sticks out into the palm and helps form the tunnel for the ulnar nerve. The hook can break in golfers and tennis players when a club or racket handle presses against it.

Nearby

• The capitate (wrist bone)
• The pisiform (pea bone)
• The "funny bone"
• The heel of the hand muscles

Read more

• Hamate bone — Wikipedia