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Ossification begins with the capitate and hamate during the first year of life, proceeds through the triquetrum, lunate, scaphoid, trapezium and trapezoid through middle childhood, and is not completed until the pisiform ossifies between ages 9 and 12.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026
This ligament is in the middle of the wrist between the scaphoid and lunate bones.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026
This ligament is in the middle of the wrist between the scaphoid and lunate bones.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Lunate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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lunate
1 of 2 adjective
lu·nate
ˈlü-ˌnāt 
: shaped like a crescent
lunate
2 of 2 nounLove words? Need even more definitions?
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