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
Olecranon Fossa
Deep depression on posterior side of distal end of bone
Coronoid Fossa
Shallow depression on the anterior side of the distal end
Ulna
Medial forearm bone
Parts of ulna
1) olecranon process
2) coronoid process
3) Styloid process
Olecranon process
Large process that fits into olecranon fossa when arm is straight
superior most part of C
Coronoid Process
Sharp projection that forms bottom of C
Fits into Coronoid fossa when arm is bent
Styloid Process of ulna
tiny, distal most point of bone
Radius
Lateral part of forearm
Parts of Radius
1) Head
2) Styloid Process
Head of radius
Proximal end of bone
looks like a golf tee
Styloid process of radius
Distal most point of the bone
Carpals
Bones of the wrist
8 in total
Metacarpals
bones of the hand
5 in total
Phalanges
Fourteen bones of the fingers