BMS107 Lab List - Upper Appendicular Skeleton
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Guide to Orienting Limb Bones

    General Skeletal Terminology (see "Bone Markings" in Chapter 6)
  • articulation
  • condyle
  • epicondyle
  • tuberosity
  • trochanter
  • tubercle
  • spine
  • process
  • fossa (fossae, pl.)
  • foramen (foramina, pl)




  • scapula
    • spine
    • coracoid process
    • acromion process
    • superior border
    • lateral border
    • medial border
    • superior angle
    • inferior angle
    • supraspinous fossa
    • infraspinous fossa
    • subscapular fossa
    • glenoid fossa (glenoid cavity)



  • clavicle
    • sternal end
    • acromial end
    • costal tuberosity
    • conoid tubercle



  • acromioclavicular joint




  • continued on other side
  • humerus
    • head
    • anatomical neck
    • surgical neck
    • greater tubercle
    • lesser tubercle
    • intertubercular groove (intertubercular sulcus)
    • shaft
    • deltoid tuberosity
    • medial epicondyle
    • lateral epicondyle
    • trochlea
    • capitulum
    • olecranon fossa
    • coronoid fossa
    • radial fossa


  • radius
    • head
    • neck
    • radial tuberosity
    • styloid process


  • ulna
    • olecranon
    • coronoid process
    • ulnar tuberosity
    • trochlear notch
    • radial notch
    • head
    • styloid process


  • hand
    • carpals
      • proximal row: scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform
      • distal row: trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
    • metacarpals (I, II, III, IV, V)
    • phalanges (proximal phalanx, middle phalanx, distal phalanx)
    • metacarpophalangeal joint
    • proximal interphalangeal joint
    • distal interphalangeal joint



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Spring 2012