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===Joints=== {{image frame|width=255 |content={{Human hand bones|width=250}} |caption=Carpal bones and their articulations. Carpal bones are shown in violet. Human left hand, anterior (palmar) view. }} {| class="wikitable" |+ What each carpal bone joints to<ref name="Platzer-126">Platzer 2004, p 126</ref> ! Name !! Proximal/radial<br />articulations !! Lateral/medial<br />articulations !! Distal/metacarpal<br />articulations |- ! colspan="4" | Proximal row |- | [[Scaphoid bone|Scaphoid]] || [[radius (bone)|radius]] || capitate, lunate || trapezium, trapezoid |- | [[Lunate bone|Lunate]] || radius, articular disk || scaphoid, triquetral || capitate, hamate (sometimes) |- | [[Triquetrum bone|Triquetrum]] || articular disk || lunate, pisiform || hamate |- | [[Pisiform bone|Pisiform]] || || triquetral || |- ! colspan="4" | Distal row |- | [[Trapezium (bone)|Trapezium]] || scaphoid || trapezoid || [[first metacarpal bone|first]] and [[second metacarpal bone|second metacarpal]] |- | [[Trapezoid bone|Trapezoid]] || scaphoid || trapezium, capitate || second metacarpal |- | [[Capitate]] || scaphoid, lunate || trapezoid, hamate || [[third metacarpal bone|third]], partly second<br />and [[fourth metacarpal bone|fourth metacarpal]] |- | [[Hamate]] || triquetral, lunate || capitate || fourth and [[fifth metacarpal bone|fifth]] |}
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