Advances in the skeletal anatomy of the wrist.
Over the past decade there has been an increased interest in and study of the skeletal anatomy of the wrist. Different morphologic patterns of carpal anatomy have been identified and classified in the wrist. Certain morphologic types of carpal bones have been shown to have a correlation with the development of arthritis in joints of the wrist. Different shapes of carpal bones have also been shown to determine and affect the type of kinematics that they demonstrate.
Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
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D001182:Arthroscopy; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014953:Wrist / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging