Capitate
Os capitatum
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- What it is
- The largest carpal bone, in the centre of the distal row, with a rounded head fitting into the lunate and scaphoid.
- Function
- Distal-row carpal: forms a rigid unit with the metacarpals and transmits grip forces to the forearm.
- Size
- ≈ 13 × 19 × 15 mm
- Clinical note
- It is the first carpal to ossify, in the first months of life.