Espiral AtlasCapitate
os capitatum
Study entry
Parts
The largest carpal bone, with a rounded head fitted into the scaphoid and the lunate.
Joints
Scaphoid, lunate, trapezoid, hamate and 2nd to 4th metacarpals (mainly the 3rd).
Clinical
With the hamate, it is the first carpal bone to ossify; it serves as a reference in assessing bone age.
Source: cap. 3, «Huesos de la mano»