While walking to class on an icy winter morning, a student slips and falls on her outstretched hand. The intense pain forces her to go to the emergency room. After X-rays of her wrist are taken, the attending says," You were lucky, there is no Colles' nor scaphoid fractures, but you have dislocated the middle carpal bone of the proximal row." Which bone was dislocated?
Question
While walking to class on an icy winter morning, a student slips and falls on her outstretched hand. The intense pain forces her to go to the emergency room. After X-rays of her wrist are taken, the attending says," You were lucky, there is no Colles' nor scaphoid fractures, but you have dislocated the middle carpal bone of the proximal row." Which bone was dislocated?
Solution
The bone that was dislocated is the Lunate bone.
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