Radial fossa

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Radial fossa

Left humerus. Anterior view. (Radial fossa visible at bottom right.)
Latin	fossa radialis humeri
Gray's	p.212

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.

Additional images

Human arm bones diagram
Elbow joint. Deep dissection. Anterior view.
Elbow joint. Deep dissection. Anterior view.

External links

Anatomy at PSU skel/humeruslow2

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Bones of upper limbs (TA A02.4, GA 2.200–230)

Pectoral girdle, clavicle

Scapula

fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous)
notches (suprascapular, great scapular)
glenoid cavity
tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid)
spine of scapula
acromion
coracoid process
borders (superior, lateral/axillary, medial/vertebral)
angles (superior, inferior, lateral)

Humerus

upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical)
tubercles (greater, lesser)
intertubercular sulcus
body: radial sulcus
deltoid tuberosity
lower extremity: capitulum
trochlea
epicondyles (lateral, medial)
supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial)
fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

Forearm

radius: upper extremity (head, tuberosity)
body
lower extremity (ulnar notch, styloid process)
ulna: upper extremity (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch)
body
lower extremity (head, styloid process)

Hand

carpus: scaphoid
lunate
triquetral
pisiform
trapezium
trapezoid
capitate
hamate (hamulus)
metacarpus: 1st metacarpal
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
phalanges of the hand: proximal
intermediate
distal

M: BON/CAR

anat (c/f/k/f, u, t/p, l)/phys/devp/cell

noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M5)

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