Joints & ligaments
Radiate carpal ligament
Ligamentum radiatum carpi
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Upper limb, Hand
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Intercarpal joints
DescriptionUnreviewed
The radiate carpal ligament is a group of about seven fibrous bands which diverge in all directions on the palmar surface of the carpal bones.
The majority of the bands radiate from the capitate to the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetral bones.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum radiatum carpi
- English
- Radiate carpal ligament
- French
- Ligament radié du carpe
- Spanish
- Ligamento radiado del carpo
- Portuguese
- Ligamento radiado do carpo
In the same group
- Capitohamate interosseous ligament
- Dorsal intercarpal ligaments
- Dorsal ulnocarpal ligament
- Lunotriquetral interosseous ligament
- Palmar capitohamate ligament
- Palmar lunotriquetral ligament
- Palmar scaphotriquetral ligament
- Palmar trapezoideocapitate ligament
- Pisohamate ligament
- Pisometacarpal ligament
- Pisotriquetral ligament
- Radial collateral ligament of wrist joint
- Scaphocapitate ligament
- Scapholunate interosseous ligament
- Scaphotrapeziotrapezoidal ligament
- Trapeziotrapezoidal interosseous ligament
- Trapezoideocapitate interosseous ligament
- Triquetrocapitate ligament
- Triquetrohamate ligament
- Ulnar collateral ligament of wrist joint