RADIO-CARPAL ARTICULATION
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Is the wrist joint, or articulation of the os scaphoides, os semilunare, and os cuneiforme of the carpus with the inferior surface of the radius, and the fibro-cartilage, situate below the ulna. It is strengthened by lateral, anterior, and posterior ligaments.
By Robley Dunglison