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Encyclopedia > Lower extremity of humerus
Bone: Lower extremity of humerus
Left humerus. Anterior view.
Gray's subject #51 212

The lower extremity of the humerus is flattened from before backward, and curved slightly forward; it ends below in a broad, articular surface, which is divided into two parts by a slight ridge. Download high resolution version (653x1235, 79 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Humerus Wikipedia:Grays Anatomy images with missing articles 5 Categories: Public domain images ... The humerus is a long bone in the arm or fore-legs (animals) that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. ... The humerus is a long bone in the arm or fore-legs (animals) that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. ...


Projecting on either side are the lateral and medial epicondyles. Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ...

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Articular surface

The articular surface extends a little lower than the epicondyles, and is curved slightly forward; its medial extremity occupies a lower level than the lateral.


The lateral portion of this surface consists of a smooth, rounded eminence, named the capitulum of the humerus; it articulates with the cupshaped depression on the head of the radius, and is limited to the front and lower part of the bone.


On the medial side of this eminence is a shallow groove, in which is received the medial margin of the head of the radius.


Above the front part of the capitulum is a slight depression, the radial fossa, which receives the anterior border of the head of the radius, when the forearm is flexed. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ...


Borders

The medial portion of the articular surface is named the trochlea, and presents a deep depression between two well-marked borders; it is convex from before backward, concave from side to side, and occupies the anterior, lower, and posterior parts of the extremity. Trochlea (Latin for pulley) can refer to: Trochlea of humerus Trochlea of superior oblique (see also superior oblique muscle). ...

  • The lateral border separates it from the groove which articulates with the margin of the head of the radius.
  • The medial border is thicker, of greater length, and consequently more prominent, than the lateral.

The grooved portion of the articular surface fits accurately within the semilunar notch of the ulna; it is broader and deeper on the posterior than on the anterior aspect of the bone, and is inclined obliquely downward and forward toward the medial side. The semilunar notch of the ulna (trochlear notch of ulna, greater sigmoid cavity) is a large depression, formed by the olecranon and the coronoid process, and serving for articulation with the trochlea of the humerus. ...


Fossae

Above the front part of the trochlea is a small depression, the coronoid fossa, which receives the coronoid process of the ulna during flexion of the forearm. (ramus mandibulæ; perpendicular portion) The ramus of the mandible is quadrilateral in shape, and has two surfaces, four borders, and two processes. ... In anatomy, Flexion is movement whereby bones or other objects are brought closer together. ...


Above the back part of the trochlea is a deep triangular depression, the olecranon fossa, in which the summit of the olecranon is received in extension of the forearm. ... The leg extension is an isolation exercise. ...


These fossæ are separated from one another by a thin, transparent lamina of bone, which is sometimes perforated by a supratrochlear foramen; they are lined in the fresh state by the synovial membrane of the elbow-joint, and their margins afford attachment to the anterior and posterior ligaments of this articulation. The supratrochlear foramen is a sjmall hole located above the trochlea of the humerus of larger dog species. ... Elbow redirects here. ...


Condyles

  • The lateral epicondyle is a small, tuberculated eminence, curved a little forward, and giving attachment to the radial collateral ligament of the elbow-joint, and to a tendon common to the origin of the Supinator and some of the Extensor muscles.
  • The medial epicondyle, larger and more prominent than the lateral, is directed a little backward; it gives attachment to the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow-joint, to the Pronator teres, and to a common tendon of origin of some of the Flexor muscles of the forearm; the ulnar nerve runs in a groove on the back of this epicondyle.

The epicondyles are continuous above with the supracondylar ridges. Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ... The Supinator muscle is a muscle of the human body. ... The Pronator teres muscle is a muscle of the human body, in the forearm. ...


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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... An illustration from the 1918 edition Henry Grays Anatomy of the Human Body, commonly known as Grays Anatomy after Henry Gray, is an anatomy textbook widely regarded as a classic work on human anatomy. ...


 

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