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metacarpophalangeal joint

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The metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metacarpal bones into shallow cavities on the proximal ends of the first phalanges, with the exception of that of the thumb, which presents more of the characters of a ginglymoid joint. Arthritis of the MCP is a distinguishing feature of Rheumatoid Arthritis, as opposed to the distal interphalangeal joint in osteoarthritis. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacarpophalangeal_joint ]

Term info

Label

metacarpophalangeal joint

Synonyms
  • MP joint
  • metacarpo-phalangeal joint
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

taxonomic disambiguation
carpometacarpophalangeal joint [ NCBITaxon : 8782 ]

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editor note

we follow FMA in making these joints part of digits. We include carpometacarpophalangeal joint as a synonym - these joints connect to the carpometacarpus - this is not necessarily inconsistent with the relationship for this class to metacarpal bone, as the carpometacarpus could be considered to have a metacarpal as part

fma set term

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_71364

has broad synonym

metacarpal joint

has narrow synonym

carpometacarpophalangeal joint

has related synonym

metacarpal phalangeal joint, articulationes metacarpophalangeae

id

UBERON:0003695