Canadian Medical Guide > Anatomy > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Bones of Upper Extremity > Carpal Bones Terms and Definitions
Carpal Bones
Medical Definition: | The eight bones of the wrist: capitate bone, hamate bone, lunate bone (SEMILUNAR BONE), pisiform bone, SCAPHOID BONE, trapezium bone, trapezoid bone and triquetral bone. |
Guide Notes: | SEMILUNAR BONE and SCAPHOID BONE are available; do not confuse with WRIST (the area) or WRIST JOINT; see note on CARPUS, ANIMAL; /inj permitted: not necessarily WRIST INJURIES |
Previously Indexed: | Wrist (1966-1971),Wrist Joint (1966-1971) |
Scaphoid Bone - The bone which is located most lateral in the proximal row of CARPAL BONES. | |
Semilunar Bone - A carpal bone which is located between the scaphoid and triquelateral bones. |
Carpal Bones Medical Definitions and Terms
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