7. Hand Bones Flashcards
Total number of bones in hand?
27 major with additional sesamoid
Function of hand bones?
Provide support and flexibility to soft tissue
3 groups of hand bones
Carpals
Metacarpals
Phalanges (proximal, middle, distal)
Number and location of carpals
8 in the wrist
2 rows - proximal and distal
Number and location of metacarpals
5 in the palm of the hand
Number of phalanges
3 per finger
2 in the thumb
Proximal carpal bones
Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform
Distal carpal bones
Trapezium
Trapezoid
capitate
Hamate
What do carpal bones form?
An arch in the coronal plane
What is the flexor retinaculum?
A membranous band spanning the medial and lateral edges of the arch to form the carpal tunnel
What are the four major projections of the carpal bones?
Hook of hamate
Pisiform
Scaphoid tubercle
Crest of trapezium
Properties of scaphoid
Boat/cashew nut shaped
Largest bone in proximal row
Concave surface for head of capitate
Convex surface for articulation with distal radius
Scaphoid tubercle
Blunt
Non-articular projection
Attachment for flexor retinaculum
Properties of lunate
Crescent shaped
Concave surface articulates with capitate
Large, broad articular surface
Articulates with distal radius
Position of lunate
Centrally in carpal bones between scaphoid and triquetrum
Properties of triquetrum
Pyramidal
3rd from thumb
3 articular surfaces
Articulates with pisiform via single circular elevated facet
Position of triquetrum
Between lunate and pisiform
Proximal row
Properties of pisiform
Pea-shaped
One side flattened for articulation with triquetrum
Attachment point for flexor retinaculum
Sesamoid bone