Definition of capitate. Meaning of capitate. Synonyms of capitate

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Definition of capitate

Capitate
Capitate Cap"i*tate, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.] 1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers. 2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Meaning of capitate from wikipedia

- The capitate bone is a bone in the human wrist found in the center of the carpal bone region, located at the distal end of the radius and ulna bones. It...
- scaphoid column: scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid Lunate column: lunate and capitate Ulnar triquetral column: triquetrum and hamate In this context the pisiform...
- radius. It articulates with the radius, lunate, trapezoid, trapezium, and capitate.: 176  Over 80% of the bone is covered in articular cartilage. The palmar...
- B=Lunate, C=Triquetrum, D=Pisiform Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate In the hand proper a total of 13 bones form part of the wrist:...
- trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and third metacarpal; the third with the capitate and second and fourth metacarpals; the fourth with the capitate, hamate, and third...
- distinct from the shaft. capitulum The head of a capitate structure, such as a capitate antenna, or of a capitate haltere carina a keel-like elevation (or ridge)...
- slightly above it, is the pisiform bone. Adjacent on the radial side is the capitate, and proximal is the lunate bone.: 708–709  The hamate bone has six surfaces:...
- scaphoid bone, medially with the triquetral bone, and distally with the capitate bone. The lunate also articulates on its distal and medial surface with...
- medial surface is concave and smooth in front, for articulation with the capitate; rough behind, for the attachment of an interosseous ligament. The carpal...
- head (Latin: adductor obliquus pollicis) arises by several slips from the capitate bone, the bases of the second and third metacarpals, the intercarpal ligaments...