Meanings of carpal bones set in English

The superior extremities of these bones articulate with the lower row of carpal bones.

Testing was performed with and without loading of the wrist and K-wire stabilisation of the adjacent carpal bones.

The times of appearance of the sites of ossification of the carpal bones are chronologically stated for each bone.

Purpose: We hypothesised that intercarpal K-wire fixation of adjacent carpal bones would reduce torque and lever force within a fractured scaphoid bone.

To this we answer that there appears no conceivable advantage to be gained by leaving all or any of the carpal bones.