Head of ulna

Head of ulna
Details
Latin caput ulnae
Identifiers
Gray's p.218
Dorlands
/Elsevier
c_08/12212303
TA A02.4.06.015
FMA 33751
Anatomical terms of bone

The head of ulna presents an articular surface, part of which, of an oval or semilunar form, is directed downward, and articulates with the upper surface of the triangular articular disk which separates it from the wrist-joint; the remaining portion, directed lateralward, is narrow, convex, and received into the ulnar notch of the radius.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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