This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Injuries Around the Fore Arm & Wrist, Subject name: Orthopaedics
Tenderness in anatomical snuff box is characteristic of which carpal bone fracture? 
Select and explain. 
A. Scaphoid, B. Capitate, C. Lunate, D. Triquetrum
A: Scaphoid
Answer: A: Scaphoid 
Explanation: Ans. is 'a' i.e., Scaphoid Clinical features of scaphoid fracture* History of fall on outstretched hand* Pain and fullness in the wrist, especially on radial side in the region of anatomical snuffbox (AI 92, AIIMS 90).* Movements at wrist are painful.* Tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox* A force transmitted along the axis of second metacarpal or pressure along the thumb produces pain in the region of scaphoid.