A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. 5043.—Ligaments on Anterior Aspect of Kadiooarpal, Carpal,and Carpometacarpjil Joints. fCunniuRham.) arm which passes over the tendon of the palraaris longusand the ulnar vessels and nerve, being continuous withthe posterior annular ligament at either side; the secondis more independent, partaking more of the nature of a ligament, and therefore properly designated as the liga-mentum carpi volare proprium. It is a strong, firmband, attached on either side to the
A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. 5043.—Ligaments on Anterior Aspect of Kadiooarpal, Carpal,and Carpometacarpjil Joints. fCunniuRham.) arm which passes over the tendon of the palraaris longusand the ulnar vessels and nerve, being continuous withthe posterior annular ligament at either side; the secondis more independent, partaking more of the nature of a ligament, and therefore properly designated as the liga-mentum carpi volare proprium. It is a strong, firmband, attached on either side to the carpal eminences—that is to say, the pisiform and unciform bones on the ricciformis -/ ^of inferior ^A joint Trapezoid. )n Fig. 5044.—Coronal Section tlirouRli tlie Radiocarpal, Carpal, Carpo-metacarpal, and Interuiecacarpal Joints, to show Joint Cavities andInterosseous Ligaments (diagrammatic). (Cunningliaiii.) inner side and the tubercle of the scaphoid and the ridgeof the trapezium on the outer side. It passes viuler thetendon of the pabnaris longus and the ulnar vessels andnerve. Beneath it pass the great flexor tendons and themedian nerve, confined by several strong sheaths whichblend with each other and send fascial processes to tlieligament above and the attachments of the special bonesbelow. It is to this arrangement, combined with prona-tion, that we owe the surprising flexibility which charac-terizes the wrist, a flexibility which permits the extraor-dinary twists so famous in the pitching of a ball, thehandling of a tennis racket, and the parrying of thethrust of a foil. Viewing the wrist-joint with reference to its synovialcavities, we find that the radiocarpal joint has its own
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