| An enlarged hamulus may articulate with the maxillary process of the zygomatic bone. |
| Carpal tunnel is a covered canal comprised of scaphoid bone tubercle and trapezium edge at lateral, hamate bone hamulus and pisiform bone at medial. |
| It curves laterally at its distal end into a hook-like process, the pterygoid hamulus, around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides. |
| The tensor palatini muscle joins this muscular sling as it sweeps around the hamulus, a bony prominence of the lateral palate. |
