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Definition of Triquetral bone
1. Noun. A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones.
Generic synonyms: Carpal, Carpal Bone, Wrist Bone
Definition of Triquetral bone
1. Noun. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones of the wrist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Triquetral bone
1. A bone on the medial (ulnar) side of the proximal row of the carpus, articulating with the lunate, pisiform, and hamate. Synonym: os triquetrum, cubital bone, os pyramidale, os triangulare, pyramidal bone, pyramidale, three-cornered bone, triquetrum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triquetral Bone
Literary usage of Triquetral bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"facets of the navicular and lunate bones, and a very small articular facet on
the extreme lateral part of the proximal surface of the triquetral bone. ..."
2. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"... kept superficial, so as not to divide the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve
which winds to the back of the wrist round the cuneiform (triquetral) bone. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"Four skulls had small Wormian bones in the lambdoidal suture, in a fifth specimen
a large triquetral bone was situated in the right half of the suture. ..."
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