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. 2017 Apr 5;130(7):817–822. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.202746

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Schematic diagram of triangular fibrocartilage complex in the right wrist. (a) Coronal illustration; (b) axial illustration demonstrated the anatomy of TFCC; (c) sagittal illustration shows the volar and dorsal capsules (arrow) originated from the volar and dorsal aspect of the TFC and inserted into the volar and dorsal edges of the triquetrum (arrowhead). TFC: Triangular fibrocartilage; MH: Meniscus homolog; UCL: Ulnar collateral ligament; ECU: Extensor carpi ulnaris tendon; UL: Ulnolunate ligament; UT: Ulnotriquetral ligament; LT: Lunotriquetral ligament; ★: Prestyloid recess; △: Ligamentum subcruentum; R: Radius; U: Ulna; L: Lunate; T: Triquetrum; DRUL: Dorsal radioulnar ligament; VRUL: Volar radioulnar ligament.