Chapter 4: Wrist Only (Save for later) Self Test Workbook

How many carpals are in one wrist?

8

Name the proximal row of carpals (lateral → medial).

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform

Name the distal row of carpals (lateral → medial).

Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate

Bontrager mnemonic for carpals (lat→med, prox→dist).

"Send Letter To Peter; To Tell ’em Come Home"

Alternate Bontrager mnemonic for carpals.

"Steve Left The Party To Take Carol Home"

Which carpal is most commonly fractured?

Scaphoid

Which is the largest carpal bone?

Capitate

What is the hooklike projection on the hamate called?

Hamulus (hamular process)

Which carpal articulates with the base of the first metacarpal (thumb)?

Trapezium

Which two carpals articulate directly with the radius at the radiocarpal joint?

Scaphoid and lunate

Which carpal is a sesamoid bone in the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon?

Pisiform

Which carpal lies directly under the thumb in the distal row?

Trapezium

On a true lateral wrist, which two carpals lie most anteriorly on the radial side?

Scaphoid and trapezium

Movement type of intercarpal joints?

Plane (gliding)

Movement type of the radiocarpal (wrist) joint?

Ellipsoidal (condyloid)

Order the carpals in the proximal row (lat→med).

Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

Order the carpals in the distal row (lat→med).

Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate