Body Region: Hand & Wrist

  • May 2, 2026
    The pisotriquetral joint is a small plane synovial joint between the pisiform (a sesamoid bone embedded in the FCU tendon)…
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    The scaphotrapezoid-trapezium (STT or triscaphe) joint complex is the articulation between the distal scaphoid (scaphoid waist and distal pole) and…
  • May 2, 2026
    The second through fifth carpometacarpal (CMC) joints are plane synovial joints between the distal carpal row (trapezoid, capitate, hamate) and…
  • May 2, 2026
    The thumb interphalangeal joint (IPJ) is the single interphalangeal joint of the thumb between the proximal and distal phalanges, stabilised…
  • May 2, 2026
    The midcarpal joint is the articulation between the proximal carpal row (scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum) and the distal carpal row (trapezium,…
  • May 2, 2026
    The first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is a reciprocally concavo-convex saddle joint between the trapezium and the base of the first…
  • May 2, 2026
    The distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) is the pivot joint at the wrist between the head of the ulna (convex) and…
  • May 2, 2026
    The thenar space is the radial potential space in the deep palm, bounded medially by the oblique septum (midpalmar septum)…
  • May 2, 2026
    The midpalmar space is the ulnar potential space in the deep palm, bounded medially by the hypothenar septum, laterally by…
  • May 2, 2026
    The carpal tunnel is a rigid fibro-osseous canal at the wrist formed by the carpal bones posteriorly and the transverse…

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