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scaphoid bone (navicular bone of hand)
One of the 8 carpal bones in the hand, the largest of the bones in the proximal of the 2 rows, on the lateral (radial) side.
Articulations:
1) radius
2) lunate
3) capitate
4) trapezium
5) trapezoid
Notes:
- in the older literature, the term navicular may be used in reference to the scaphoid bone (although the navicular bone is a bone of the foot)
Related
navicular bone
scaphoid fracture
Specific
tubercle of scaphoid
General
carpal bone
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
Component-of
hand
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