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Ligaments on the volar side of the left hand.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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a) Distal end of the radius.
b) Distal end of the ulna.
c) Radial styloid process.
d) Ulnar styloid process.
e) Scaphoid (carpal) bone.
f) Lunate (carpal) bone.
g) Triquetrum (carpal) bone.
h) Trapezium (carpal) bone.
i) Trapezoideum (carpal) bone.
k) Capitate (carpal) bone.
l) Hamate (carpal) bone.
m) Hamulus of the hamate (carpal) bone.
n) Pisiform (carpal) bone.

1. interosseous membrane.
2. volar oblique fibrous ligament.
3. volar straight fibrous ligament.
4. palmar radiocarpal ligament.
5. palmar ulnocarpal ligament.
6. ulnartriquetral ligament.
7. volar proper carpal bone ligaments.
8. volar ligaments of carpal and metacarpal bones.
9. palmar carpometacarpal and metacarpal ligaments.
10. capsular ligaments of metacarpal bones.
11. lateral volar metacarpal ligaments.
12. medial volar metacarpal ligaments.