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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 26.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2014 Feb 7;59(4):961–973. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/4/961

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The digital carpal bone database and morphometric diversity. (a) A 3D rendering of the bones of the right wrist in a healthy female. The scaphoid (Sp), lunate (Ln), and triquetrum (Tq) are located proximal to the body and articulate with the radius (Rd). The trapezium (Tm), trapezoid (Td), capitate (Cp), and hamate (Hm) adjoin the five metacarpals (Mc1–5) of the wrist. The pisiform (Pf) is generally considered an accessory ossicle and articulates only with the triquetrum (Belsole et al 1988, Kauer 1980). The styloid process of the ulna (Un) projects from the medial and back part of the bone, while the hook of the hamate protrudes on the palmar aspect. 3D renderings of the surfaces of the trapezium for three women ((b), (c), and (d)) and three men ((e), (f), and (g)) from the database.