At the end of 1 year of age, the number of carpal bones seen in the skiagram of the hand is ___________: (A) Nil, (B) 1, (C) 2, (D) 3
Answer is C. Carpal bones ossified in chronological order, Capitate, Hamate, Triquetral, Lunate, followed usually by Scaphoid, then either the Trapezium or the Trapezoid . Reference: GHAI Essential pediatrics, 8th edition