How the carpal bones got their names?
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Scaphoid skaphos (Greek) = a boat
Lunate lunata (Latin) = moon
Triquetrum triquetrus (Latin) = three-cornered
Pisiform pison (Greek) = pea
Trapezium trapezion (Greek) = little table
Trapezoid trapezoides (Greek) = table shaped
Capitate capitΔtus (Latin = having a head
Hamate hamatus (Latin) = hooked
What's your favourite mnemonic to remember them?