a fracture
your wrist
A group of bones in the carpus form the wrist. This is called a wrist bone.
The most frequently broken wrist bone is the distal radius, which is the larger of the two forearm bones located on the same side as the thumb. Fractures of the distal radius are commonly known as Colles' fractures.
Pisiform
The bump on your wrist is the end of the ulna bone. It is called the ulnar styloid process.
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.
he broke his wrist in an aau basketball game
Scaphoid is a peanut-shaped carpal bone
The most common bone you break while skateboarding is your arm. Usually, people fail a trick and are thrown from their boards. Second to your arm, is your wrist.
A small, hook-shaped carpal bone of the wrist. Also called unciform.
It is the long bone in your arm that runs from the thumb side of your wrist, up to your elbow, the inside bone. The outside bone is called the Ulna.
A straight break across the bone is called a transverse fracture.