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Clavicle - Medial end
– rounded, articulates with the manubrium
of sternum forming sternoclavicular
joint.
Clavicle - Lateral end
– flat, broad, articulates with the acromion
of scapula forming acromioclavicular
joint.
Scapula - Spine
– Sharp ridge runs diagonally across the
posterior surface of the body.
Scapula - Acromion
– Projects from the lateral end of the spine and
articulates with the clavicle forming
acromioclavicular joint.
Scapula - Glenoid cavity:
– Shallow depression inferior to the acromion
– accepts the head of the humerus, forming
glenohumeral joint
Scapula - Medial border
– thin edge near the vertebral column
Scapula - Lateral border
– Thick closer to the arm.
Scapula - Inferior angle
– medial and lateral border join inferiorly
Scapula - Superior border
– the superior edge of the scapula
Scapula - Scapular notch
– indentation along the superior border through
which suprascapular nerve passes
Scapula - superior angle
– where the superior border join the vertebral border
Scapula - Coracoid process
– Projection at the lateral end of the superior border
Scapula - Supraspinous and infraspinous fossa:
– superior and inferior to the spine
– attach supraspinatous and infraspinatous muscles
Scapula - Subscapular fossa:
– hollowed-out area on the anterior surface
– Point of attachment for tendons of shoulder
muscles
Humerus - Head
– At the proximal end articulates
with the glenoid cavity forming
glenohumeral joint
Humerus - Anatomical Neck
– Oblique groove distal to the
head
– the site of the epiphyseal line
Humerus - Greater Tubercle
– Projection distal to the
anatomical neck
Humerus - Lesser Tubercle
– Projects anteriorly
Humerus - Intertubercular sulcus:
– Between the tubercles
Humerus - Surgical Neck
– Constrictions distal to the
tubercles, where the head tapers
to the shaft
– Most fractures occur here,
hence the name
Humerus - Body
– Cylindrical at the proximal end
flattened and broad at the distal
end
Humerus - Deltoid Tuberosity
– the V shape area of the lateral
middle portion of the shaft.
– Attaches the deltoid muscle
– Ends at the radial groove on the
posterior surface
Humerus - Capitulum
– rounded knob on the lateral aspect
of the bone articulates with the
radius head.
Humerus - Radial Fossa
– Anterior depression receives the
head of the radius when the forearm
flexed.
Humerus - Trochlea
– Spool-shaped surface medial to the
Capitulum, articulates with the ulna.
Humerus - Coronoid fossa
– Anterior depression receives the
Coronoid process of the ulna when
the forearm flexed.
Humerus - Olecranon fossa
– posterior depression receives the
Olecranon of the ulna when the
forearm extended.
Humerus - Medial and lateral epicondyle:
– projections on either side of the
distal end.
– attach forearm muscle tendons.
– Ulnar nerve lies on the posterior
surface of the medial epicondyle
Ulna - Olecranon (proximal end)
forms the prominence of the elbow
Ulna - Coronoid process (proximal end)
• anterior projection
Ulna - Trochlear notch (proximal end)
• large curved area between the Olecranon and the
coronoid process
• Articulates with trochlea of the humerus at the
elbow joint
Ulna - Radial notch (proximal end)
• Accommodates the head of the radius forming
proximal radioulnar joint
Ulna - Ulnar process (proximal end)
• inferior to the coronoid process
Ulna - Head (Distal end)
• separated from the wrist by fibrocartilage disc
• Articulates with the distal end of the radius to
form the distal radioulnar joint
Ulna - Styloid process (Distal end)
• on the posterior side of the distal end
Radius - Head (Proximal end)
• disc-shaped
• articulates with the Capitulum of the
Humerus and the radial notch of the ulna
Radius - Neck (Proximal end)
• constructed area inferior to head
Radius - Radial tuberosity (Proximal end)
• rough area inferior to the neck on the
medial side.
• Provides attachment for the tendon of the
biceps muscles
Radius - Ulnar notch (Distal end)
• On the medial surface
• Articulates with the head of the ulna
Radius - Styloid process (Distal end)
• on the lateral side
Interosseous
membrane:
Joins the shafts of the
ulna and radius
Proximal radioulnar
joint:
The head of the radius
articulates with the
ulna’s radial notch
Distal radioulnar joint:
• the head of the ulna
articulates with the
Ulnar notch of the
radius
• the distal end of the
radius articulates with
three bones of the wrist
– lunate, scaphoid,
triquertrum.
Femur - Head
– Rounded, in the proximal end
– Articulates with the acetabulum of
the hip bone to form hip joint
– Contains fovea capitis, a small
center depression
– femur ligament connect fovea capitis
to the acetabulum.
Femur - Neck
– Constrict area distal to the head
Femur - Trochanters
– both greater and lesser provide
attachment for tendons of the
muscles of the thigh and buttock
Femur - Lesser Trochanter
– inferior and medial to greater
trochanter– inferior and medial to greater
trochanter
Femur - Intertrochanteric line
– between the anterior surfaces of the
trochanters
Femur - Intertrochanteric crest
between the posterior surfaces of
the trochanters
Femur - Gluteal tuberosity
– vertical ridge on the posterior
surface of the femur, inferior to
Intertrochanteric crest
Femur - Linea aspera
– vertical ridge blend with gluteal
tuberosity
Femur - Medial and lateral condyle
– In the Femur distal end
– articulate with the medial and
lateral condyles of the tibia.
Femur - Intercondyle fossa
– Between the condyles in the
posterior surface and patellar
surface anteriorly
Femur - medial and lateral epicondyles
– superior to the condyles.
Femur - patellar surface
– Smooth articular surface over which
the patella glides
Tibia - proximal end
– expands into lateral and medial condyles
that articulate with the femur condyles to
form tibiofemoral joint (knee)
• The inferior surface of the lateral condyle
articulates with the end of the fibula
Tibia - interconylar eminence
– upward projection separates the condyles
Tibia - Tibial tuberosity
– on the anterior surface, a point of attachment
for the patellar ligament.– on the anterior surface, a point of attachment
for the patellar ligament.
Tibia - Anterior border
– inferior and continuous with the tibial
tuberosity.
Tibia - medial maleolus
– in the distal end articulates with the talus and
forms the protrusion on the medial surface of
the ankle
Tibia - Fibular notch
– articulates with the distal end of the fibula to
form distal tibiofibular joint
Fibula - Interoseous membrane
- Bound the tibia to the fibula
Fibula - Head
– in the proximal end articulates with
inferior surface of the lateral condyle
of the tibia to form tibiofibular joint
Fibula - Lateral maleolus
– prominence on the lateral surface of
the ankle in the distal end, articulates
with the talus of the of the ankle bone
Calcaneus
– largest and strongest tarsal bone located in
the posterior part of the foot
Cuboid bone
– Articulates with the anterior surface of the
calcaneus
Navicular
– Anterior to the talus on the medial side
– Articulates with the talus and the 3
cuneiform bones
Talus bone
– the uppermost tarsal bone and the only
bone that articulates with the fibula and
tibia to form talocrural joint