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Wrist Anatomy:

  • Bones of the Wrist:

    • Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Hamate, Capitate, Trapezoid, Trapezium, Radius and Ulna

  • Boney Landmarks:

    • Styloid process of the Radius, Styloid process of the Ulna, Pisiform Palmar side

  • Nerves:

    • Median Nerve

    • Radial Nerve

    • Ulnar Nerve

  • Ligaments:

    • radial collateral ligament, ulnar collateral ligament, palmar radiocarpal ligament (radioscapholunate part, radiotriquetral part, radiocapitate part), dorsal radioulnar ligament. There are many other little ligaments connecting the carpal bones together.

  • Muscles:

    • Extensor Carpi Radialus Longus, Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis, Extensor Carpi Ulnaris, Extensor Digitorum, Flexor Carpi Radialis, Palmaris Longus, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis, Flexor Digitorum Profundus, Abductor Pollicis Longus, Flexor Pollicis Longus, Extensor Pollicis Longus

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