Movements
The articulation of the hand and wrist considered as a whole involves four articular surfaces:
- (a) the inferior surfaces of the radius and articular disk;
- (b) the superior surfaces of the navicular, lunate, and triangular, the pisiform having no essential part in the movement of the hand;
- (c) the S-shaped surface formed by the inferior surfaces of the navicular, lunate, and triangular;
- (d) the reciprocal surface formed by the upper surfaces of the bones of the second row.
These four surfaces form two joints: (1) a proximal, the wrist-joint proper; and (2) a distal, the mid-carpal joint.
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