noun
- Plural of pisiform; small carpal bones in the wrist, located on the ulnar (pinky) side of the hand.
Usage: anatomy; technical
Examples
- The pisiforms are among the smallest bones in the human wrist.
- In anatomy class, students learned to identify the pisiforms on skeletal models.
- The pisiform bone articulates with the triquetrum in the carpus.
- X-rays of the wrist can reveal fractures of the pisiforms.