lunate bone

bone of the carpus

Key facts

Articulations: Radius proximally, capitate and hamate distally, scaphoid laterally, triquetrum medially, triangular fibrocartilage
Latin: os lunatum
Mesh: D012667
Ta98: A02.4.08.005

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Research

2,790 papers

[Treatment of necrosis of the lunate bone].Der Unfallchirurg · 2018
Kienböck's disease in 2021.Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR · 2022
[Etiology, diagnostics and classification of lunate bone necrosis].Der Unfallchirurg · 2018
The Signal-Compromised Lunate.Seminars in musculoskeletal radiology · 2025
Bgh/GelMA/CMCS hydrogel with bone MSC-EVs for lunate defect repair.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2025

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Wikidata facts

Image: The left lunate bone, from Gray fig.222.png

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Commons category: Lunate bone
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12786

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Article

Lunate of the right hand on X-ray (labeled L) The lunate bone (semilunar bone) is a carpal bone in the human hand. It is distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. It is situated in the center of the proximal row carpal bones, which lie between the ulna and radius and the hand. The lunate carpal bone is situated between the lateral scaphoid bone and medial triquetral bone.

Structure