Carpal bones
- Type
- Bone
- Japanese
- 手根骨
- Reading
- しゅこんこつ
- English
- Carpal bones
- Latin
- Ossa carpi
- Main functions
- Wrist and hand movement
Connections
Articulates with
Muscles arising here
Connected by
Includes
Articles
Also mentioned in
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- Scaphoid: location, features and English and Latin names
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