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Made up of the clavicle and scapula |
Pectoral girdle |
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Bony attachment of the upper limb to the axial skeleton |
The sternoclavicular joint |
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Medial end articulates with the sternum and the lateral end with the acromion process of the scapula. A ligament connects the clavicle to the coracoid process |
Clavicle |
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Lies posterior to the ribs, has no bony attachment to the axial skeleton |
Scapula |
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corner of the shoulder |
Acromion |
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attachment of clavicle with scapula |
Acromioclavicular joint |
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clavicle, sternoclavicular joint, scapula, acromion, acromioclavicular joint |
Shoulder region |
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most lateral projection of the scapula |
lateral angle |
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the anterior surface of the bone |
Subscapular fossa |
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attached posteriorly and becomes free to form the acromion process |
Spine |
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attachment of long head of biceps brachii |
Supraglenoid tubercle |
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Articulates with the head of the humerus |
Glenoid fossa |
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Attachment of the long head of triceps brachii |
Infraglenoid tubercle |
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articulates with the glenoid fossa |
Head of humerus |
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contains tendon of long head of biceps brachii muscle between tubercles, attachment for latissimus dorsi muscle between crests of tubercles |
Intertubercular sulcus |
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receives head of radius when elbow is fully flexed |
Radial fossa |
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round articular process for head of radius |
Capitulum |
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receives the coronoid process of the ulna in elbow flexion |
Coronoid fossa |
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spool-shaped articular process around which the trochlear notch of the ulna articulates |
Trochlea |
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(spiral groove), gentle depression on the posterior surface of the humerus indicates the position where the radial nerve and the deep brachial artery pass against the bone |
Radial groove |
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receives the olecranon process in elbow flexion |
Olecranon fossa |
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Lateral bone of the forearm, articulate with the wrist distally |
radius |
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Medial bone of forearm |
ulna |
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Cup-like end receives the capitulum, perimeter fits into the radial notch of the ulna |
Head of radius |
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articulating with both the capitulum of the humerus and the radial notch of the ulna |
head of radius |
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Bottom (proximal) row of carpals from lateral to medial |
Scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform |
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Top (distal) row of carpals from lateral to medial |
Trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate |