metacarpal bone of digit 4 in dogs

A metacarpal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of manual digit 4. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the metacarpal bone of digit 4 is

A metacarpal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of manual digit 4. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the metacarpal bone of digit 4 is

It sits in the forelimb and forepaw, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the metacarpal bone of digit 4 connects to

The atlas records 22 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, anatomical system and appendage, and 15 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the metacarpal bone of digit 4. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as 4 th digit of hand metacarpal, 4 th digit of hand metacarpal bone, 4 th finger metacarpal, 4 th finger metacarpal bone, finger 4 metacarpus and fourth finger metacarpal, and 18 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003648, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and autopod region, and 12 more.
• A kind of: metacarpal bone, metapodium bone and skeletal element.
• composed of: bone tissue.

Questions

Where is the metacarpal bone of digit 4?

It sits in the forelimb and forepaw, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the metacarpal bone of digit 4 connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and autopod region, and 12 more.

Is the metacarpal bone of digit 4 the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.