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• File:Carpus.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated, GFDL
  • 2006-06-06T12:05:44Z Arcadian 740x540 (223038 Bytes) Identical to image provided by "Benutzer:Zoph" at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Handgelenk_Schema.png, except German words have been erased, and image slightly resized.

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Caption

English

Carpal bones highlighted, as seen in the right hand.

Proximal:

• A=Scaphoid
• B=Lunate
• C=Triquetrum (Triangular)*Piramidal
• D=Pisiform

Distal:

• E=Trapezium
• F=Trapezoid
• G=Capitate
• H=Hamate

Mnemonic of the carpals

• S=-some - Scaphoid
• L=-lovers - Lunate
• T=-try - Triquetral
• P=-positions - Pisiform
• T=-that - Trapezium
• T=-they - Trapezoid
• C=-cannot - Capitate
• H=-handle - Hamate

• S=-so - Scaphoid
• L=-long - Lunate
• T=-to - Triquetrum
• P=-pinky, - Pisiform
• H=-here - Hamate
• C=-comes - Capitate
• T=-the - Trapezoid
• T=-thumb - Trapezium

• S=-she - Scaphoid
• L=-looks - Lunate
• T=-too - Triquetral
• P=-pretty - Pisiform
• T=-try - Trapezium
• T=-to - Tapezoid
• C=-catch - Capitate
• H=-her - Hamate