Upper Extremity Anatomy Images

What does orange represent?

Distal Phalanges

What does blue represent?

Intermediate (Middle) Phalanges

What does green represent?

Proximal phalanges

What does yellow represent?

Metacarpals

What does purple represent?

Carpals

What is the red dot pointing to?

the shaft of the proximal phalanx of the 4th digit.

What is the red dot pointing to?

the base of the 2nd metacarpal

What is the red dot pointing to?

the head of the middle phalanx of the 3rd digit

1

base of the distal phalanx of the 4th digit

2

shaft of the intermediate phalanx of the 5th digit

3

base of the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit

4

head of the 5th metacarpal

5

shaft of the 3rd metacarpal

6

head of distal phalanx of 3rd digit

7

base of middle phalanx of 3rd digit

8

shaft of proximal phalanx of 2nd digit

9

head of the distal phalanx of 1st digit

10

head of the proximal phalanx of 1st digit

11

base of 1st metacarpal

1

shaft of ulna

2

shaft of radius

3

scaphoid

4

trapezoid

5

trapezium

6

capitate

7

hamate

8

triquetrum

9

pisiform

10

lunate

11

styloid process of the ulna

12

head of ulna

13

styloid process of the radius

14

anterior

1

shaft of the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit

2

head of the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit

3

base of the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit

4

head of the 5th metacarpal

5

shaft of the middle phalanx of the 5th digit

6

shaft of distal phalanx of the 5th digit

1

shaft of 2nd metacarpal

2

shaft of the 4th metacarpal

3

shaft of the proximal phalanx of the 4th digit

4

shaft of 1st metacarpal

5

head of the 2nd metacarpal

6

base of 2nd metacarpal

1

shaft of the first metacarpal

2

shaft of the 2-5 metacarpals

3

shaft of the proximal phalanx of the 2nd digit

4

shaft of the middle phalanx of the 4th digit

5

shaft of the distal phalanx of the 3rd digit

6

shaft of the proximal phalanx of the 1st digit

7

shaft of the distal phalanx of the 1st digit

1

shaft of the radius

2

shaft of ulna

3

styloid process of the radius

4

styloid process of ulna

5

scaphoid

6

lunate

7

triquetrum

8

pisiform

9

trapezium

10

trapezoid

11

capitate

12

hamate

13

shaft of the 1st metacarpal

14

shaft of 4th metacarpal

15

head of ulna

What carpal is purple?

hamate

What carpal is blue?

pisiform

What carpal is green?

trapezium

What carpal is red?

scaphoid

On a true lateral wrist you should be able to identify...

scaphoid, pisiform, trapezium, and hamate hook

What carpal is red?

scaphoid

What carpal is green?

trapezium

What carpal is purple?

hamate hook

What carpal is blue?

pisiform

Proximal to Distal carpals...

So Long To Pinky

Here Comes The Thumb

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform,

Hamate, Capitate, Trapezium, Trapezoid

What carpal is this?

Scaphoid

What carpal is this?

Lunate

What carpal is this?

Triquetrum

What carpal is this?

pisiform

What carpal is this?

trapezium

What carpal is this?

trapezoid

What carpal is this?

Capitate

What carpal is this?

hamate

What is wrong with this position?

what happens to the pisiform?

the wrist is pronated from a true lateral, you need to supinate the hand more.

the pisiform is lost because of rotation.

1

radius

2

ulna

3

the shaft of the 1st metacarpal

4

the shafts of the 2-5 metacarpals

5

trapezium

6

scaphoid

Label the joint pointed out by the red arrow and movement type

Distal radioulnar joint- pivot

What position is this and what carpal is seen?

oblique position and the pisiform is seen

1

shaft of ulna

2

trochlear notch

3

olecranon process

4

coronoid process

5

radial notch

6

lateral view