Editing Lunate bone (section)

{{Missing information|the situation in other tetrapods, cf [[Carpal bone#Other animals]]|date=March 2025}}
{{Short description|Carpal bone in the human hand}}
{{Infobox bone
| Name          = Lunate bone
| Latin         = os lunatum
| Image         = Lunate bone (left hand) 01 palmar view.png
| Caption       = Left hand anterior view (palmar view). Lunate bone shown in red.
| Image2        = The left lunate bone, from Gray fig.222.png
| Caption2      = The left lunate bone
| Origins       =
| Insertions    =
| Articulations = [[Radius (bone)|Radius]] proximally<br>[[capitate]] and [[hamate]] distally<br>[[scaphoid]] laterally<br>[[Triquetral bone|triangular]] medially<br>[[triangular fibrocartilage]]<ref name="Manaster">Manaster, B. J., Julia Crim "Imaging Anatomy: Musculoskeletal E-Book" Elsevier Health Sciences, 2016, p. 326.</ref>
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The '''lunate bone''' ('''semilunar bone''') is a [[carpal bone]] in the [[human]] [[hand]]. It is distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. It is situated in the center of the proximal row carpal bones, which lie between the [[ulna]] and [[radius (bone)|radius]] and the [[hand]]. The lunate carpal bone is situated between the lateral [[scaphoid]] bone and medial [[triquetral]] bone.