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Allie Ford- Surface Features on Bones of the Upper Limb
Surface Features on Bones of the Upper Limb
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Anatomy
12th Grade
12/06/2011

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Term
Spine
Definition
  • Feature of the scapula
  • a large process on the posterior of the scapula that ends laterally at the acromion
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Acromion
Definition
  • Feature of the scapula
  • the flattened lateral portion of the spine
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Coracoid Process
Definition
  • Feature of the scapula
  • a protruding projection of the anterior surface just inferior to the lateral aspect of the clavicle
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Subscapular Fossa
Definition
  • feature of the scapula
  • anterior concavity where the subscapularis muscle attaches
  • broad concavity
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Supraspinous fossa
Definition
  • feature of the scapula
  • posterior concavity inferior to the scapular spine, attachment for supraspinatus muscle
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Infraspinous fossa
Definition
  • posterior concavity inferior to the scapular spine
  • site of infraspinatus muscle
Term
Intertubercular Groove
Definition
  • surface feature of the humerus
  • between the tubercles
  • groove or sulcus where the long head of the biceps branchii tendons located

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Term
Surgical Neck
Definition
  • where the tubular shaft begins and is in a common area for fracture

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Term
Deltoid Tuberosity
Definition
  • About mid-shaft on the lateral aspect of the humerus
  • roughened aread
  • where the deltoid tendon attaches
Term
Capitulum
Definition
  • surface feature of the humerus
  • a round knob-like process on the lateral distal humerus

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Term
Trochlea
Definition
  • surface feature of the humerus
  • medial to the capitulum
  • a spool-shaped projection on the distal humerus ]

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Term
Coronoid Fossa
Definition
  • surface feature of the humerus
  • anterior depression that receives the coronoid process of the ulna during the forearm flexation

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Term
Olecranon
Definition
  • surface area of the ulna
  • the large, prominent, proximal end
  • the "tip of your elbow"
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