Upper Limbs Flashcards
Clavicle
Slightly S shaped collarbone
Scapula
Shoulder blade
Parts of Scapula
1) Spine
2) Acromian Process
3) Coracoid Process
4) Glenoid Cavity
Spine of the scapula
Posterior shelf-like projection
Acromian Process
Lateral free end of the spine of the scapula
Coracoid Process
Anterior hook-like structure
Glenoid cavity
Shallow depression where arm attaches
Humerus
Long bone of the upper arm
Parts of the humerus
1) Head
2) Greater Tubercle
3) Lesser tubercle
4) intertubercular groove
5) trochlea
6) Capitulum
7) Olecranon fossa
8) coronoid fossa
Head of the humerus
Rounded ball shaped portion
Greater Tubercle of the humerus
Larger “bump” for muscle attachment
Lateral to head
Lesser Tubercle
Smaller, anterior bump
medial to head and greater tubercle
Intertubercular Groove
Depression located between the two tubercles
Trochlea of humerus
Point of the bone that hangs lowest
Capitulum
rounded portion lateral to trochlea