answersLogoWhite

0

Scaphoid is a peanut-shaped carpal bone

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Where in the body does the hamate located?

A small, hook-shaped carpal bone of the wrist. Also called unciform.


What region of the body is the pisiform bone located in?

The pisiform bone is located in the wrist region of the body. It is a small, pea-shaped bone that can be found on the palmar (palm) side of the wrist, within the wrist joint.


What is the medial bump of the wrist called?

The medial bump of the wrist is called the pisiform bone. It is a small, pea-shaped bone located on the palmar side of the wrist. It serves as an attachment site for some ligaments and muscles of the hand.


What is another name for the carpus bone?

A group of bones in the carpus form the wrist. This is called a wrist bone.


What is the smalliest bone in your wrist called?

Pisiform


That bump on your wrist is the end of which bone?

The bump on your wrist is the end of the ulna bone. It is called the ulnar styloid process.


What bone is common to both the wrist and the foot?

There are no bones common to both. Actually there is. In both the hand and the foot is a bone called the cuneiform bone. In the foot there are actually three the outer middle and inner but in the carpus there is only 1. The one in the hand is also known as the triangular bone and is situated on the ulnar side articualting with both hte hammate and the pisisform bones.


What is the name of the wrist bone beginning with S?

The name of the wrist bone beginning with S is the Scaphoid bone which is one of the 8 carpal bones that make up the wrist. The Scaphoid bone is located in the proximal (nearest to body) row of the two rows of carpals and is on the thumb side of the wrist.


Is the pisiform a wrist bone?

Yes, the Pisiform is one of the eight carpals that make up the wrist. The carpals are arranged in two rows, the pisiform is located in the row furthest away from the fingers on the little finger side of the wrist.


Skeleton picture of the scaphoid bone in wrist can you display an xray of the scaphoid bone?

I can't display images. However, the scaphoid bone is a boat-shaped bone located on the thumb side of the wrist. It is commonly injured in falls, leading to pain and tenderness in the wrist. X-rays are typically used to diagnose scaphoid fractures.


Medial bone of distal carpals?

The medial bone of the distal carpals is the pisiform bone. It is a small, pea-shaped bone located on the palmar aspect of the wrist. It articulates with the triquetrum bone and helps support the structure of the wrist joint.


What allows your wrist bone to rotate?

The muscle,tendon and ligaments that are in your wrist allow to you to rotate your wrist. ************************************************* Also you have 8 small round-shaped wrist bones in your wrist. That give it stability but also gives it some rotational mobility instead of a "hinge"type joint that's in your elbow.