Eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm
Carpals
Labelled image showing the eight carpal bones.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
os carpale pl. ossa carpi
MeSH
D002348
TA98
A02.4.08.001
TA2
1249
FMA
71335 23889, 71335
Anatomical terms of bone
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The carpal bones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm. The term "carpus" and "carpal" is derived from the Latin carpus and the Greek καρπός (karpós), meaning "wrist". In human anatomy, the main role of the carpal bones is to articulate with the radial and ulnar heads to form a highly mobile condyloid joint (i.e. wrist joint),[1] to provide attachments for thenar and hypothenar muscles, and to form part of the rigid carpal tunnel which allows the median nerve and tendons of the anterior forearm muscles to be transmitted to the hand and fingers.
In tetrapods, the carpus is the sole cluster of bones in the wrist between the radius and ulna and the metacarpus. The bones of the carpus do not belong to individual fingers (or toes in quadrupeds), whereas those of the metacarpus do. The corresponding part of the foot is the tarsus. The carpal bones allow the wrist to move and rotate vertically.[1]
The carpalbones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm. The term "carpus" and "carpal" is derived...
(fingers) and the carpalbones (wrist bones), which articulate with the forearm. The metacarpal bones are homologous to the metatarsal bones in the foot. The...
body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is a flattened body cavity on the flexor (palmar/volar) side of the wrist, bounded by the carpalbones and flexor...
anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpalbones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; (2)...
The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpalbones of the wrist. Each human hand has five metacarpals and eight carpalbones. Fingers contain...
The scaphoid bone is one of the carpalbones of the wrist. It is situated between the hand and forearm on the thumb side of the wrist (also called the...
proximal row carpalbones, which lie between the ulna and radius and the hand. The lunate carpalbone is situated between the lateral scaphoid bone and medial...
(transverse carpal ligament or anterior annular ligament) is a fibrous band on the palmar side of the hand near the wrist. It arches over the carpalbones of the...
hamate is an irregularly shaped carpalbone found within the hand. The hamate is found within the distal row of carpalbones, and abuts the metacarpals of...
capitate bone is a bone in the human wrist found in the center of the carpalbone region, located at the distal end of the radius and ulna bones. It articulates...
the carotid arteries, usually caused by atherosclerosis. Carpalbones – Are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the hand...
lunate bones. It is the 2nd most commonly fractured carpalbone. The triquetral is one of the eight carpalbones of the hand. It is a three-faced bone found...
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the collection of symptoms and signs associated with nerve compression of the median nerve at the carpal tunnel. Most CTS...
fingers, and all of the carpalbones except the pisiform. An atlas based on knee maturation has also been compiled. The bones in the hand a wrist in a...
articulating with the triquetral bone. It is on a plane anterior to the other carpalbones and is spheroidal in form. The pisiform bone has four surfaces: The dorsal...
Carpal coalition is the abnormal fusion of two or more carpalbones when they fail to segment during intrauterine development. First described by Eduard...
bones, those of the distal row of carpalbones, and those of the two rows with each other. The bones in each carpal row interlock with each other and...
dorsal aspect of the hand—at the level of the carpalbones, specifically, the scaphoid and trapezium bones forming the floor. The name originates from the...
bones at the time of birth, but later decreases to 206: 80 bones in the axial skeleton and 126 bones in the appendicular skeleton. 172 of 206 bones are...
minor anomaly to complete absence of the radius, radial side of the carpalbones and thumb. Hypoplasia of the distal humerus may be present as well and...
navicular bone was formerly used for the scaphoid bone, one of the carpalbones of the wrist. The navicular bone in humans is located on the medial side of the...
the wrist that articulate the distal row of carpalbones and the proximal bases of the five metacarpal bones. The CMC joint of the thumb or the first CMC...
are long bones. The exceptions are the eight carpalbones of the wrist, the seven articulating tarsal bones of the ankle and the sesamoid bone of the kneecap...
Between the carpalbones are the intercarpal articulations and the midcarpal joint. The carpometacarpal joint connects the carpalbones to the metacarpus...
Carpometacarpal bossing (or metacarpal/carpal bossing) is a small, immovable mass of bone on the back of the wrist. The mass occurs in one of the joints...
Downstate Medical Center - "Transverse section through the carpal tunnel and distal row of the carpalbones." Ulnar nerve at the Duke University Health System's...