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Pisiform joint

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Joint of the hand
Pisiform joint
Vertical section through the articulations at the wrist, showing the synovial cavities.
Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right).
Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform
Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate
Details
Identifiers
Latinarticulatio ossis pisiformis
TA98A03.5.11.107
TA21824
FMA73126
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The pisiform joint is a joint between the pisiform and triquetrum.

It includes the pisohamate ligament and pisometacarpal ligament.

References

  1. Wolfgang Dauber; Heinz Feneis (2007). Pocket atlas of human anatomy: founded by Heinz Feneis. Thieme. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-1-58890-558-1. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. Werner Platzer; Werner Kahle (2004). Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy: Locomotor system. Thieme. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-1-58890-159-0. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
Joints and ligaments of the arm
Shoulder
Sternoclavicular
Acromioclavicular
Glenohumeral
Elbow
Humeroradial
Humeroulnar
Proximal radioulnar
Forearm
Distal radioulnar
Hand
Wrist/radiocarpal
Intercarpal
  • Radiate carpal
  • Dorsal intercarpal
  • Palmar intercarpal
  • Interosseous intercarpal
  • Scapholunate
  • Pisiform joint (Pisohamate
  • Pisometacarpal)
  • Carpometacarpal
    Intermetacarpal
    Metacarpophalangeal
    Interphalangeal
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