X-ray of a Child's Hand and WristYou selected: metacarpalThe metacarpal bones of the finger and thumb articulate with the distal row of carpal bones. The epiphyses at either end of the metacarpal bones can be clearly seen. A cartilagenous epiphyseal plate lies between each epiphyses, and the underlying diaphyses of the bone. Growth occurs at these plates.phalanx | metacarpal | capitate | hamate | lunate | pisiform | scaphoid | trapezoid | trapezium | triquetral | radius | ulna | Information Module Name: hand_wrist Module Title: X-ray of a Child's Hand and Wrist Image Info: X-ray; source - Wuarchive. Created by: Lynn Bry Contact Email:bryl@medicine.wustl.edu Last modified: Created with Annotation 1.0 |