Figure carpal bones

Illustration of the carpal bones of the right hand seen from the palm side (palmar)

The eight carpal bones
Upper (proximal) row - blue
Lower (distal) row - red

  1. Scaphoid bone of the hand -
    Scaphoid bone
  2. Moonbone - Lunate bone
  3. Triangular leg - Os triquetrum
  4. Pea bone - Os pisiform
  5. Large polygonal leg
    (Trapezoidal leg) - Trapezium
  6. Small polygonal bone
    (Trapezoid leg) -
    Trapezoid bone
  7. Head leg - Os capitatum
  8. Hook leg - Hamate bone
  9. Cubit - Ulna
  10. Spoke - radius
  11. Metacarpal bones - Metacarpals
  12. Phalanx - Ph. Proximalis

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