<prompt> Which is the 1st carpal bone to ossify?CapitateLunateHamatePisiformis  <response>: Ans. A CapitateRef: Kulkarni Clinical Anatomy, 2nd ed. pg. 80 The carpal bones are cartilaginous at birth. Capitate is the first bone to ossify at 1 year and pisiform the last one to ossify at 12 years.Extra Mile Scaphoid is boat-shaped. Its neck or waist subdivides the scaphoid into proximal and distal segments. A tubercele projects from its lateral side. It lies in the floor of anatomical snuff-box, where it can be palpated. Lunate is shaped like lunar crescent shape of half moon. Triquetral is pyramidal in shape. Pisiform is pea-shaped. It is a sesamoid bone in the tendon of flexor carpi ulnar is. Trapezium is quadrilateral and bears a crest and groove for lodging tendon of flexor carpi radialis. It takes part in the first carpometacarpal joint, which imparts unique mobility to human thumb. Trapezoid is irregular like a babys shoe. Capitate bears a big head. It is largest carpal bone. Hamate has a hook-shaped process. 