Lunate bone

Lunate bone
Left hand anterior view (palmar view). Lunate bone shown in red.
The left lunate bone
Details
Articulations	Radius proximally capitate and hamate distally scaphoid laterally triangular medially triangular fibrocartilage[1]
Identifiers
Latin	os lunatum
MeSH	D012667
TA98	A02.4.08.005
TA2	1252
FMA	23712
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The lunate bone (semilunar bone) is a carpal bone in the human hand. It is distinguished by its deep concavity and crescentic outline. It is situated in the center of the proximal row carpal bones, which lie between the ulna and radius and the hand. The lunate carpal bone is situated between the lateral scaphoid bone and medial triquetral bone.