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| colspan="2" |The left triquetal bone.
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|os triquetrum, os pyramidale, os triangulare
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|colspan="2"|[subject #54 ]
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|Origins
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|Insertions
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|Articulations
|colspan="2"|articulates with three bones: lunate laterally pisiform in front hamate distally triangular articular disk which separates it from the lower end of the ulna.
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|MeSH
|colspan="2"|[A02.835.232.087.319.150.831]
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
|colspan="2"|[o_07/12598819]
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The triquetral bone (also called triquetrum bone, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone, cubital bone, three-cornered bone, and triangular bone) is located in the wrist on the medial side of the proximal row of the carpus between the lunate and pisiform bones. It is on the ulnar side of the hand, but does not articulate with the ulna. It connects with the pisiform, hamate, and lunate bones.
The triangular bone may be distinguished by its pyramidal shape, and by an oval isolated facet for articulation with the pisiform bone. It is situated at the upper and ulnar side of the carpus.
The etymology derives from the Latin "triquetrus" which means "three-cornered".
Surfaces
The superior surface presents a medial, rough, non-articular portion, and a lateral convex articular portion which articulates with the triangular articular disk of the wrist.
The inferior surface, directed lateralward, is concave, sinuously curved, and smooth for articulation with the hamate. The dorsal surface is rough for the attachment of ligaments.
The volar surface presents, on its medial part, an oval facet, for articulation with the pisiform; its lateral part is rough for ligamentous attachment.
The lateral surface, the base of the pyramid, is marked by a flat, quadrilateral facet, for articulation with the lunate.
The medial surface, the summit of the pyramid, is pointed and roughened, for the attachment of the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist.
