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triquetrum
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tri·que·trum (tr-kwtrm)
n.
A bone of the wrist in the proximal row of the carpus, articulating with the lunate, pisiform, and hamate bones. Also called cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone.


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The wrist joint is formed proximally by the distal surface of the radius and ulna and the attached fibrocartillage disc, and distally by the scaphoid, lunate and triquetral bones.
 
 
 
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