Anatom3DRadiate carpal ligament
Ligamentum carpi radiatum · Paprsčitý zápěstní vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A fan of fibres on the palm side of the wrist, spreading from the head of the capitate to the surrounding wrist bones.
What it does
Binds the central wrist bones together around the capitate.
Keeping it well
Of little clinical importance on its own.
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