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UNIT 3 ELBOW AND FOREARM BONES AND BONEY LANDMARKS
Unit 3 Elbow and Forearm Bones and Boney Landwarks PTAP 125 Winter 2010
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2010

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located on the medial, distal humerus; articulates with the trochlear notch of the ulna
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trochlea
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located on the lateral, distal humerus; articulates with the radial head
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capitulum
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located on the medial side of the distal humerus; more prominent than lateral epicondyle; origin for wrist flexors
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medial epicondyle
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located on the lateral side of the distal humerus; origin for wrist extensors
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lateral epicondyle
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located proximal to the lateral epicondyle
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lateral supracondylar ridge
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located on the posterior distal humerus; articulates with olecranon process of the ulna
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Olecranon fossa
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round structure on proximal radius; articulates with the capitulum of the humerus
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radial head
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located on the medial, proximal radius, also known as the bicipital tuberosity; insertion for biceps brachii
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radial tuberosity (bicipital tuberosity)
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located on the lateral, distal radius; insertion for brachioradialis
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radial styloid
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located on posterior, distal radius
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lister’s tubercle
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prominent point of posterior elbow; insertion for the triceps brachii
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olecranon process
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located on the anterior, proximal ulna; articulates with trochlea of humerus
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trochlear notch
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located inferior to trochlear notch; insertion for the brachialis; origin for the flexor digitorum superficialis
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coronoid process
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located inferior and lateral to the trochlear notch; articulates with the radial head
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radial notch
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located inferior to the coronoid process
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ulnar tuberosity
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located on the medial, distal ulna
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ulnar styloid
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