Carpal bones

Carpal bones

The eight bones of the wrist: scaphoid bone; lunate bone; triquetrum bone; pisiform bone; trapezium bone; trapezoid bone; capitate bone; and hamate bone.

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carpal bone

Health care; Orthopedics

One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows.

carpal bones

Medical; Human genome

The eight bones of the wrist: scaphoid bone; lunate bone; triquetrum bone; pisiform bone; trapezium bone; trapezoid bone; capitate bone; and hamate bone.

carpal bones

Archaeology; Human evolution

Small bones of the wrist; in humans the scaphoid, lunate, triquetram, pisiform, hamate, capitate, trapezoid, and trapezium.

carpal bone

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The eight bones of the wrist: scaphoid bone; lunate bone; triquetrum bone; pisiform bone; trapezium bone; trapezoid bone; capitate bone; and hamate bone.

carpal bones

Health care; Genetic disorders

The eight bones of the wrist: scaphoid bone; lunate bone; triquetrum bone; pisiform bone; trapezium bone; trapezoid bone; capitate bone; and hamate bone.

carpal bone

Science; General science

One of the bones that form the wrist in terrestrial vertebrates.

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