ANATOMY Flashcards
hand consists of __ bones, which are
subdivided into the fol lowing groups:
• __: bones of the digits (fingers
and thumb)
• __: bones of the palm
• __ : bones of the wrist
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Phalanges
Metacarpals
Carpal
, commonly known as the knuckles
metacarpal
heads
Proximal row of Carpals and their synonyms
Scaphoid -navicular
Lunate - semilunar
Triquetrum -triquetral, cuneiform, triangular
Pisiform
Distal row of carpals
Trapezium- Greater Multangular
Trapezoid- Lesser Multangular
Capitate-Os Magnum
Hamate-Unciform
. The
lunate articulates with the radius proximally and is easy to recognize because of
it cre cent hape.
CRESCENT SHAPE CARPAL BONE
Lunate
Pea shaped carpal bone
Pisiform
Wedge shaped carpal bone
Hamate
anterior or palmar surface of the wrist
is concave from side to side and forms the
Carpal sulcus
a trong fibrous band,
attache medially to the pisiform and
hook of hamate and laterally to the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium.
flexor retinacuLum
isthe passageway created
between the carpal sulcus and flexor retinaculum.
carpal tunnel
results from compres ion of the median nerve inside the
carpal tunnel.
Carpal tunnel syndrome
3 parts composes of Humeral Condyle
Medial Condyle Coronoid Fossa Trochlea
distal end of the humerus is called
humeral condyle
humeral condyle and includes two
smooth elevation for articulation with the
bones of the forearm-the __ on the
medial side and the capitulum on the ___ side.
trochlea
Lateral