Some upper extremity bones
and landmarks to be familiar with
Clavicle:
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Acromial extremity Acromioclavicular
[AC] joint (acromian process and distal clavicle)
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Conoid tubercle
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Subclavian groove
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Costal tuberosity
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Sternal extremity Sternoclavicular
[SC] joint (proximal clavicle and manubrium + 1st rib)
Scapula:
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Acromian process
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Coracoid process Coracovicular
joint (coracoid process and inferior clavicle)
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Scapular notch
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Superior border
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Medial border
Scaupolothoracic joint (anterior scapula
and thoracic wall)
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Lateral border
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Superior angle
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Inferior angle
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Subscapular fossa
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Infraspinous fossa
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Supraspinous fossa
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Glenoid fossa
Glenohumeral joint (humeral head and glenoid
fossa)
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Spine
Humerus:
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Head
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Neck
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Greater tubercle
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Lesser tubercle
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Intertubercular (bicipital) groove
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Deltoid tuberosity
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Shaft (diaphysis)
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Lateral supracondylar ridge
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Lateral epicondyle
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Capitulum
Humeroradial joint (gliding joint between
capitulum and radial head)
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Radial fossa
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Medial supracondylar ridge
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Medial epicondyle
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Trochlea
Humeroulnar joint (humeral trochlea and trochlear
notch of ulna) "elbow joint"
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Coronoid fossa
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Olecranon fossa
Radius:
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Head
Radioulnar joints
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Neck
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Radial tuberosity
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Shaft (diaphysis)
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Styloid process
Ulna:
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Olecranon process
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Semilunar (trochlear) notch
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Coronoid process
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Ulnar tuberosity
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Shaft (diaphysis)
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Head
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Styloid process
Wrist/Hand:
Wrist joint (condyloid between distal
radius and proximal carpals)
Carpals:
(radial to ulnar)
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Proximal Row
Intercarpals (gliding or plane joints
between carpal bone)
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Scaphoid
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Lunate
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Triquetrum
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Pisiform
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Disal Row
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Trapezium
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Trapezoid
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Capitate
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Hamate
5 Metacarpals
(1 = thumb) Carpometacarpal (CMC) (saddle
for 1, plane for 2-5)
Phalanges/digits
(14 per hand)
Proximal Interphalangeal (PIP) (hinge joint between 1st and 2nd phalanges
of 2-5)
Interphalangeal (IP) (hinge joint on thumb only between distal and proximal
phalanx)
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4 middle phalanges (thumb doesn't have)
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5 distal phalanges
Distal Interphalangeal (DIP) (hinge joint
between middle and distal phalanges of 2-5)