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Ligament: Radiate carpal ligament
Latin	ligamentum carpi radiatum
From	capitate
To	cuneiform, lunate, scaphoid
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12491823

The Radiate carpal ligament is a group of about seven fibrous bands which diverge in all directions on the palmar surface of the carpal bones. The majority of the bands radiate from the capitate to the scaphoid, lunate, and Triquetral bone bones.

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Joints and ligaments of upper limbs (TA A03.5, GA 3.313)

Shoulder

Sternoclavicular	Anterior sternoclavicular · Posterior sternoclavicular · Interclavicular · Costoclavicular

Acromioclavicular	Syndesmoses: Coracoacromial · Superior transverse scapular · Inferior transverse of scapula Synovial: Acromioclavicular · Coracoclavicular (trapezoid, conoid)

Glenohumeral	Capsule · Coracohumeral · Glenohumeral (superior, middle, and inferior) · Transverse humeral · Glenoid labrum

Elbow

Humeroradial	Radial collateral

Humeroulnar	Ulnar collateral

Proximal radioulnar	Anular · Oblique cord

Forearm

Distal radioulnar	Palmar radioulnar · Dorsal radioulnar · Interosseous membrane of forearm

Joints of hand

Wrist/radiocarpal	Dorsal radiocarpal/Palmar radiocarpal · Dorsal ulnocarpal/Palmar ulnocarpal · Ulnar collateral/Radial collateral

Intercarpal, midcarpal	Radiate carpal · Dorsal intercarpal · Palmar intercarpal · Interosseous intercarpal · Scapholunate · Pisiform joint (Pisohamate, Pisometacarpal)

Carpometacarpal	Dorsal carpometacarpal · Palmar carpometacarpal · thumb: Radial collateral, Ulnar collateral

Intermetacarpal	Deep transverse metacarpal · Superficial transverse metacarpal

Metacarpophalangeal	Collateral · Palmar

Interphalangeal	Collateral · Palmar

Other	Carpal tunnel · Ulnar canal

M: JNT

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