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Why anatomy's naughtiest mnemonics work so well
- April 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Some lovers try positions that they can't handle—I'm referring to the bones of the wrist, of course. The phrase is a classic mnemonic used to remember the eight carpal (wrist) bones—scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate—whose initials form the memorable sentence.
Originally published at Phys.org