Trapezium

Parent Structures

• Carpal Bones

Bone Classification

• Short

Bony Features

• Tubercle of the Trapezium

Attaching Structures as Origin

• Anterior Oblique Ligament of 1st Carpometacarpal Ligament - Anterior
• Dorsal Carpometacarpal Ligament
• Palmar Carpometacarpal Ligament
• Posterior Oblique Ligament of 1st Carpometacarpal Ligament - Posterior
• Radial Carpometacarpal Ligament

Attaching Structures as Insertion

• Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament
• Flexor Retinaculum of the Hand - Palmar Surface and the Ridge
• Radial Collateral Carpal Ligament - lateral side
• Radial Collateral Ligament
• Trapezium Trapezoid Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament
• Trapezium Trapezoid Palmar Intercarpal Ligament

Associated Joints

• 1st Carpometacarpal Joint
• Distal Intercarpal Joints
• Midcarpal Joint

Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Origin

• Tubercle of the Trapezium
  • Abductor Pollicis Brevis
  • Flexor Pollicis Brevis - The Superficial Part
  • Opponens Pollicis