Radiate carpal ligament

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Ligament: Radiate carpal ligament
Latin	ligamentum carpi radiatum
From	capitate
To	cuneiform, lunate, scaphoid
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12491823

The Radiate carpal ligament is a group of about seven fibrous bands which diverge in all directions on the palmar surface of the carpal bones. The majority of the bands radiate from the capitate to the scaphoid, lunate, and cuneiform bones.