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pectoral girdle
shoulder
clavicle
scapula

upper limb
30 bones form skeletal framework
arm, forearm and hand

arm
humerus

forearm
radius and ulna

hand
8 carpal bones in the wrist
5 metacarpal bones in the palm
14 phalanges in the fingers (3 bones for each finger, except 2 bones for thumb)

pelvic girdle
hip
ilium
ischium
pubis

lower limb
thigh, leg and foot

glenoid cavity
shallow socket to allow mobility

acromion
attaches scapula and clavicle

humerus
articulates superioly with glenoid cavity of scapula
articualtes inferiorly with radius and ulna
humerus bone
head of humerus
trochlea
capitulum

ulna
medial bone in forearm
forms major portion of elbow jt with humerus

radius
lateral bone in forearm
forms major portion of wrist jt
head articulates with capitulum of humerus and radial notch of ulna

interosseous membrane
connects radius and ulna along their entire length

the trochlea and capitulum of humerus form…
part of the elbow joint (anterior view)

olecranon …
= elbow (posterior view)

hand
carpus
metacarpus
phalanges

carpus
wrist
8 bones in 2 rows
proximal row — lateral to medial
scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum and pisiform
distal row — lateral to medial
trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate

metacarpus
palm
head
shaft
base

phalanges
fingers
distal
middle
proximal

4 markings of the scapula
acromion
glenoid fossa
coracoid process
fossa
