Anatom3DPalmar scaphotriquetral ligament
Ligamentum scaphotriquetrum palmare · Dlaňový skafotrikvetrální vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A band on the palm side of the wrist, from the scaphoid across to the triquetrum.
What it does
Supports the head of the capitate like a sling and steadies the first row of wrist bones.
Keeping it well
A minor ligament; relevant in detailed wrist-instability surgery.
Related conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder