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Carpal Bones

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Definition: The eight bones of the wrist: SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; TRIQUETRUM BONE; PISIFORM BONE; TRAPEZIUM BONE; TRAPEZOID BONE; CAPITATE BONE; and HAMATE BONE.  do not confuse with WRIST (the area) or WRIST JOINT; see note on CARPUS, ANIMAL; /inj permitted: not necessarily WRIST INJURIES   
Examples Capitate Bone; Hamate Bone; Lunate Bone; Pisiform Bone; Scaphoid Bone; Trapezium Bone; Trapezoid Bone; Triquetrum Bone 		Other names Carpal Bone; Bones, Carpal; Bone, Carpal
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Symphalangism, distal, with microdontia, dental pulp stones, and narrowed zygomatic arch  0   *Dental Pulp Calcification Carpal Bones/abnormalities Finger Joint/abnormalities Zygoma/abnormalities.
Tarsal carpal coalition syndrome  0   *Synostosis Carpal Bones/abnormalities Foot Deformities, Congenital Hand Deformities, Congenital Tarsal Bones/abnormalities.
Bor-Duane hydrocephalus contiguous gene syndrome  0   *Duane Retraction Syndrome *Hydrocephalus *Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome Carpal Bones/abnormalities.

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