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Dorsal Surface of Capitate Bone
Skeletal System

Dorsal Surface of Capitate Bone

Facies dorsalis ossis capitati

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Description

The dorsal surface is the rough, non-articular, posterior aspect of the capitate bone. It provides attachment sites for the:

—ulnocapitate ligament;

—capitohamate interosseous ligament;

—trapeziocapitate interosseous ligament;

—dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments.

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