Key facts
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ k æ p ɪ t eɪ t /
- Part of
- Carpal bones of the hand
- Latin
- os capitatum; os magnum
- Mesh
- D051224
- Ta98
- A02.4.08.011
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Research
921 papers- Osteoblastoma of the Capitate Bone: Case Report.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2024
- Stress fracture of capitate bone-A case report of an unusual fracture.Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists · 2024
- Cortical and trabecular bone structure of the hominoid capitate.Journal of anatomy · 2021
- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Capitate.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2022
- Vascularized Bone Grafting for the Treatment of Capitate Avascular Necrosis.Journal of wrist surgery · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
Capitate of the right hand on X-ray (labeled C) The capitate bone, also known as os magnum, is a bone in the human wrist found in the center of the carpal bone region, located at the distal end of the radius and ulna bones. It articulates with the third metacarpal bone (the middle finger) and forms the third carpometacarpal joint. The capitate bone is the largest of the carpal bones in the human hand. It presents, above, a rounded portion or head, which is received into the concavity formed by the scaphoid and lunate bones; a constricted portion or neck; and below this, the body. The bone is also found in many other mammals, and is homologous with the "third distal carpal" of reptiles and amphibians.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “capitate bone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.