Hand joints

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Articulationes manus include the following joints:

Articulatio radiocarpalis

  • articulating surfaces: facies articularis carpalis radii, proximal row ossa carpi (os scaphoideum, os lunatum, os triquetrum), discus articularis
  • The radius articulates directly with the ossa carpi
  • between the ulna and the ossa carpi is the discus articularis
  • meniscoid process

Articulatio mediocarpalis

  • articulating surfaces: os scaphoid, os lunate, os triquetrum form a socket for os capitatum, os hamatum; os trapezium, os trapezoideum forms a socket for the distal part of the os scaphoid
  • the shape of a recumbent S

Articulatio ossis pisiformis

  • stiff joint
  • articulating surfaces: os pisiforme, os triquetrum
  • the tendon m. flexor carpi ulnaris emerges from the os pisiforme
  • the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon is divided into 2 ligaments
  1. lig. pisohamatum (to hamulus ossis hamati)
  2. lig. pisometacarpale (to the base of the 4th + 5th metacarpals)

Articulationes intercarpales

  • joints with little mobility between the carpal bones of one row
  • ligamenta intercarpalia interossea

Articulationes carpometacarpales

  • articulating surfaces: distal row of carpal bones, base of metacarpal bones

Art. carpometacarpalis pollicis

  • saddle joint
  • articulating surfaces: basis ossis metacarpi I, os trapezium
  • movements: palmar flexion, dorsiflexion, abduction, adduction, rotation, opposition, reposition

Articulationes intermetacarpales

  • connection 2.-5. metacarpus
  • ligamenta metacarpalia interossea

Pictures

  • Ligaments of the wrist from the front.
    Ligaments of the wrist from the front.
  • Posterior wrist ligaments.
    Posterior wrist ligaments.
  • An incision guided by the joints of the wrist.
    An incision guided by the joints of the wrist.

References

ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomie 1. 2. edition. Prague : Grada, 2001. 516 pp. ISBN 978-80-7169-970-5.