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Joints

Joint reference, type, range of motion, capsule, ligamentous support, and clinical assessment.

39 joints

39 joints in Hand & Wrist Clear ×

Joint Pisotriquetral Joint articulatio ossis pisiformis Hand & Wrist The pisotriquetral joint is a small plane synovial joint between the pisiform (a sesamoid bone embedded… Joint Proximal Interphalangeal Joints articulationes interphalangeae proximales Hand & Wrist The proximal interphalangeal joints are the primary joints of finger function, responsible for most of the… Joint Radiocarpal Joint articulatio radiocarpalis Hand & Wrist The radiocarpal joint is the primary wrist joint, formed between the distal radius and the proximal… Joint Scapholunate Joint Space articulatio scapholunata Hand & Wrist The scapholunate joint is the articulation between the medial surface of the scaphoid and the lateral… Joint Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Joint articulatio scaphotrapeziotrapezoidea Hand & Wrist The scaphotrapeziotrapezoid joint (STT joint, triscaphe joint) is the articulation between the distal pole of the… Joint Scaphotrapezoid-Trapezium Joint articulatio scaphotrapezoidea et scaphotrapezii Hand & Wrist The scaphotrapezoid-trapezium (STT or triscaphe) joint complex is the articulation between the distal scaphoid (scaphoid waist… Joint Second through Fifth Carpometacarpal Joints articulationes carpometacarpales II-V Hand & Wrist The second through fifth carpometacarpal (CMC) joints are plane synovial joints between the distal carpal row… Joint Second through Fifth CMC Joints articulationes carpometacarpales II-V Hand & Wrist The CMC joints of fingers 2 through 5 are small plane synovial joints between the metacarpal… Joint Thenar Space spatium thenaris Hand & Wrist The thenar space is the radial potential space in the deep palm, bounded medially by the… Joint Thumb Interphalangeal Joint articulatio interphalangea pollicis Hand & Wrist The thumb interphalangeal joint (IPJ) is the single interphalangeal joint of the thumb between the proximal… Joint Thumb MCP Joint articulatio metacarpophalangea pollicis Hand & Wrist The thumb metacarpophalangeal joint is a condyloid articulation between the convex head of the first metacarpal… Joint Wrist Dorsal Radiocarpal Recess recessus dorsalis articulationis radiocarpalis Hand & Wrist The dorsal radiocarpal recess is the dorsal extension of the radiocarpal synovial space between the dorsal… Joint Wrist Joint (Radiocarpal + Midcarpal) articulatio carpi Hand & Wrist The wrist joint complex includes the radiocarpal joint (radius to proximal carpal row) and the midcarpal… Joint Wrist Midcarpal Joint articulatio mediocarpalis Hand & Wrist The midcarpal joint is the articulation between the proximal carpal row (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum) and the… Joint Wrist Ulnocarpal Complex complexus ulnocarpalis Hand & Wrist The ulnocarpal complex is the functional articulation between the distal ulna and the ulnar carpus (lunate…