THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE UPPER LIMB 



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Shaft of the radius 



Diaphysis radii 



Radiocarpal articulation 



Articulatio radiocarpea 



Lunar, or semilunar, bone 

 Os lunatum 

 Transverse carpal articulation 



Articulatio intercarpea 



Uarpometacarpal articulation 



Articulatio carpometacarpea 



Anterior or palmar metacarpo-phalangeal ligament'__ 

 Lig. accessorium volare 



Metacarpo-phalangeal articulation 

 Articulatio metacarpo-phalangea 



Epiphysial disc 



Synchondrosis epiphyseos 



Distal epiphysis of the radius 



Epiphysis distalis radii 



Os magnum, or capitate boa 

 Os capitatum 



Third nietacarpal bone 

 Os metacarpale III. 



I Epiphysial cliscr, 

 /Synchondrosis epiphyseor. 



Proximal phalanx 

 'Phalanx I. 



Uugual phalanx 1 

 Phalanx III. 



' Interphalangeal articulation), 

 Articulationes digiti 



1 See note on p. 211. 



FIG. 450. THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE HAND, SEEN IN SAGITTAL OK DOKSOPAI MAR SECTION, 

 SHOWING THEIR RELATIONS TO THE EPIPHYSIAL DlSCS. (THE RADIAL PORTION OF THE 

 DIVIDED RIGHT HAND OF A YOUTH AGED SEVENTEEN YEARS.) 



The section traverses the distal extremity of the radius, the carpus, and the nietacarpal bone an 



phalanges of the middle finger. 



Articulationes manus et digitorum Articulations of the hand and fingers. 



