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The transverse carpal ligament is a wide ligament that runs across the hand, from the scaphoid bone to the hamate bone and pisiform.
It is the volar ligament that connects the pisiform to the hamate.
Situated beneath the pisiform, it is one of the carpal bones that form the carpal arch, within which lies the carpal tunnel.
The triangular bone may be distinguished by its pyramidal shape, and by an oval isolated facet for articulation with the pisiform bone.
Almost all carpals (except the pisiform) have six surfaces.
The pisiform bone is somewhat unusual, in that it first appears in primitive reptiles, and is never found in amphibians.
In the wrist the pisiform is about as large as the ulnar carpal, not much smaller or absent.
In this context the pisiform is regarded as a sesamoid bone embedded in the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris.
The articular capsule is a thin membrane which connects the pisiform to the triangular; it is lined by synovial membrane.
The pisiform and triquetrum are pushed in a palmar to dorsal direction.
Some reliable sesamoid bones (e.g., pisiform) are counted, while others (e.g., hallux sesamoids) are not.
The "volar surface" presents, on its medial part, an oval facet, for articulation with the pisiform; its lateral part is rough for ligamentous attachment.
The ligaments connecting the pisiform bone are the articular capsule and the two volar ligaments.
The pisiform bone may be known by its small size, and by its presenting a single articular facet.
Palmar arching is further increased when flexor carpi ulnaris (which is attached to the pisiform) and intrinsic hand muscles attached to the transverse carpal ligament acts on the arch system.
