longest/largest bone of the arm

upper (proximal) arm

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Greater tubercle

Lesser Tubercle

Large projections on proximal end

Greater lies more laterally

Lesser lies more anteriorly

Intertubercular Groove

(bicipital groove)

Groove between Greater/Lesser tubercles

articulates with bicep

distal to head

Not the long part of the bone - still part of head

Where shaft of bone begins

Common fracture point

Rough patch on the mid shaft (on lateral aspect)

where the deltoid tendon attaches

knob-like process on lateral distal humerus

Anterior depression that recieves the coronoid process of Ulna

Distal end

spool-shaped projection on the distal humerus

medial to capitulum

• Posterior depression
• Recieves olecranon of ulna
• Distal end

• Bony projections to which the forearm muscles attach
• Distal end of humerus

• Longer of two forearm bones
• Medial to radius

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• On Ulna
• Large Prominent Proximal end
• Tip of the elbow

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• anterior "lip" of proximal ulna

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• Deep fossa that recieves Trochlea of Humerus

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• Thin cylindrical projection on the posterior side of the ulna's head

• Lateral to Ulna (thumb side)
• Head and neck are on the proximal end
• Head articulateds with capitulum of humerus and the radial notch of the ulna

Medial and inferior to neck

attachment site for biceps brachii muscle

Large distal projection on lateral side of radius

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Wrist

(carpals)

8 bones

2 rows

--Proximal: Scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform

--Distal: trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate

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