Capitate

Parent Structures

• Carpal Bones

Bone Classification

• Short

Bony Features

• Head of Capitate

Attaching Structures as Origin

• Adductor Pollicis - Oblique Head
• Dorsal Carpometacarpal Ligament
• Flexor Pollicis Brevis
• Interosseous Ligament of the Common Carpometacarpal Ligament - Inferior Angle
• Palmar Carpometacarpal Ligament
• Trapezoid Capitate Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament
• Trapezoid Capitate Palmar Intercarpal Ligament

Attaching Structures as Insertion

• Capitate Hamate Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament
• Capitate Hamate Palmar Intercarpal Ligament
• Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament
• Interosseous Ligament of the Midcarpal Joint - From the Lateral side
• Palmar Radiocarpal Ligament - anterior surface

Associated Joints

• Common Carpometacarpal Joints
• Distal Intercarpal Joints
• Midcarpal Joint

Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Insertion

• Head of Capitate
  • Palmer Intercarpal Ligament