Definition of Capitate. Meaning of Capitate. Synonyms of Capitate

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Definition of Capitate

Capitate
Capitate Cap"i*tate, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.] 1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers. 2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Meaning of Capitate from wikipedia

- The capitate bone is a bone in the human wrist found in the center of the carpal bone region, located at the distal end of the radius and ulna bones. It...
- scaphoid column: scaphoid, trapezium, and trapezoid Lunate column: lunate and capitate Ulnar triquetral column: triquetrum and hamate In this context the pisiform...
- those of large insurers. For example, a capitated eye care program for 25,000 patients is more viable than a capitated eye program for 10,000 patients. The...
- radius. It articulates with the radius, lunate, trapezoid, trapezium, and capitate.: 176  Over 80% of the bone is covered in articular cartilage. The palmar...
- distinct from the shaft. capitulum The head of a capitate structure, such as a capitate antenna, or of a capitate haltere carina a keel-like elevation (or ridge)...
- and triquetral bones in the proximal row, and the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate bones in the distal row. The distal pole of the scaphoid articulates...
- proximal migration of the capitate. Stage IIIB Lunate collapse and fragmentation, in addition to proximal migration of the capitate. In addition there is...
- the radius, and p****ing downward to the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum and capitate of the carpal bones in the wrist. In addition to this broad membrane, there...
- pyramidal eminence, the styloid process, which extends upward behind the capitate; immediately distal to this is a rough surface for the attachment of the...
- slightly above it, is the pisiform bone. Adjacent on the radial side is the capitate, and proximal is the lunate bone.: 708–709  The hamate bone has six surfaces:...