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Hand and Wrist Anatomy

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Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT

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The complex anatomy of the hand and wrist joints permits the intricate movements and high function of the upper limb. This chapter provides an overview of the bony anatomy of the hand and wrist, their articulations, and muscular and tendinous attachments.

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  1. Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Ramin Mandegaran

  2. CISSS-CA Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Lévis, QC, Canada

    Vanessa Quinn-Laurin

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Ramin Mandegaran

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Mandegaran, R., Quinn-Laurin, V. (2023). Hand and Wrist Anatomy. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_38

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