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Palmar Surface of Scaphoid Bone
Skeletal System

Palmar Surface of Scaphoid Bone

Facies palmaris ossis scaphoidei

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Description

The palmar surface is the rough, non-articular, anterior aspect of the scaphoid bone. It contains the tubercle of scaphoid and provides an origin site for the abductor pollicis brevis muscle. It also provides attachment sites for the:

—flexor retinaculum of hand;

—radioscapholunate ligament;

—scaphotriquetral ligament.

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