MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Carpal Bones
Tree Number(s): A02.835.232.087.319.150
Unique ID: D002348
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002348
Annotation: do not confuse with WRIST (the area) or WRIST JOINT; see note on CARPUS, ANIMAL; /‌inj permitted: not necessarily WRIST INJURIES
Scope Note: The eight bones of the wrist: SCAPHOID BONE; LUNATE BONE; TRIQUETRUM BONE; PISIFORM BONE; TRAPEZIUM BONE; TRAPEZOID BONE; CAPITATE BONE; and HAMATE BONE.
NLM Classification #: WE 830
Previous Indexing: Wrist (1966-1971); Wrist Joint (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Carpal Bones MeSH Descriptor Data 2023