The triquetrum (wrist bone)

Triquetrum · os triquetrum

A pyramid-shaped wrist bone on the little-finger side.

What it does

The triquetrum sits in the first row of wrist bones on the little-finger side, between the lunate and the pisiform. It helps form the wrist joint and is a common site of small chip fractures after a fall on an outstretched hand.

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