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Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Joints > Hand Joints > Wrist Joint

Preferred term

Wrist Joint  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • primates only; use CARPUS, ANIMAL for non-primate vertebrates; differentiate from wrist; wrist ganglion is indexed under WRIST (IM) + SYNOVIAL CYST (IM)

Scope note

  • The joint that is formed by the distal end of the RADIUS, the articular disc of the distal radioulnar joint, and the proximal row of CARPAL BONES; (SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; triquetral bone).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014955

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