carpal bone central carpal bone SCTID:26987000 os centrale MA:0001344 FMA:321692 UBERON:0007958 central bone central carpals A small bone occasionally found at the dorsal aspect of the wrist between the scaphoid, capitate, and trapezoid; it is developed as an independent cartilage in early foetal life but usually becomes fused with the scaphoid; it occurs normally in most monkeys. os carpi centrale os centrale carpi centrale centrale