Lunate bone
| Bone: Lunate bone |
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BONES OF HAND
Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform
Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate
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| The left lunate bone |
| Latin |
os lunatum |
| Gray's |
subject #54 224 |
| Articulations |
radius proximally
capitate and hamate distally
scaphoid laterally
triangular medially |
| MeSH |
Lunate+Bone |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
o_07/12598459 |
The lunate bone (semilunar bone) is a bone in the human hand that may be distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. It is situated in the center of the proximal row of the carpus, or wrist, between the scaphoid and triangular bone.
The etymology derives from the Latin luna which means "moon."
Surfaces
The superior surface, convex and smooth, articulates with the radius.
The inferior surface is deeply concave, and of greater extent from before backward than transversely: it articulates with the head of the capitate, and, by a long, narrow facet (separated by a ridge from the general surface), with the hamate.
The dorsal and palmar surfaces are rough, for the attachment of ligaments, the former being the broader, and of a somewhat rounded form.
The lateral surface presents a narrow, flattened, semilunar facet for articulation with the scaphoid.
The medial surface is marked by a smooth, quadrilateral facet, for articulation with the triangular bone.
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Bones of upper limbs |
| Pectoral girdle, clavicle |
conoid tubercle - trapezoid line - costal tuberosity - subclavian groove |
| Scapula |
spine of scapula - suprascapular notch - acromion - glenoid cavity - glenoidal labrum - coracoid process - fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous) - borders (superior, lateral/axillary, medial/vertebral) - angles (superior, inferior, lateral) - tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid) |
| Humerus |
upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical) - tubercles (greater, lesser) - intertubercular sulcus
body: radial sulcus - deltoid tuberosity
lower extremity: capitulum - trochlea - epicondyles (lateral, medial) - supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial) - fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon) |
| Forearm |
ulna: upper extremity (olecranon, coronoid process, tuberosity, radial notch, semilunar notch) - body of ulna - lower extremity (styloid process)
radius: upper extremity (tuberosity) - body - lower extremity (ulnar notch, styloid process) |
| Hand |
carpus: scaphoid - lunate - triquetral - pisiform - trapezium - trapezoid - capitate - hamate (hamulus) - metacarpus: 1st metacarpal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - phalanges of the hand |
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