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Carpals, Metacarpals, and Phalanges (The Hand)

Carpals of the left hand

Carpals of the left hand

There are eight carpal bones in each wrist: scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate.

This is an animated skeleton of the left hand; it spins 360 degrees to display the carpals. There are eight carpal bones in each wrist: scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate.

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