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Thread #60671   Message #972580
Posted By: Mark Cohen
26-Jun-03 - 07:03 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Tricks for remembering...
Subject: RE: Folklore: Tricks for remembering...
The wrist bones actually have interesting names:

Navicular is also called Scaphoid -- they both mean "boat-like"
Lunate -- moon-like
Triquetral, or triquetrum -- three-cornered
Pisiform -- pea-shaped
Multangular -- many angles (duh!) (The greater and lesser multangular bones are also called Trapezium and Trapezoid, though nobody actually knows which is which)
Capitate -- like a head
Hamate -- hooked (there is a projection on the bone called the "hook of the hamate", which is often fractured by racquetball players)

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread...

Aloha,
Mark