Comprehension: Radiograph of the Wrist
In a frontal radiograph of the wrist identify the scaphoid (navicular), lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform bones in the proximal carpal row. The distal carpal row consists of the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate. The frontal radiograph shows these to best advantage. The lateral film brings out the relationship between the radius and lunate as well as the lunate and capitate. The remaining carpal bones cannot be well defined in oblique or lateral films of the wrist with the exception of the scaphoid. When there is a question of a scaphoid fracture, an oblique view of the wrist may show the fracture very well.
Axial T1 MRI of Wrist