KIN 2500 Chapter : Chapter 8 Appendicular Skeleton
15 Mar 2019
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The pectoral girdle: connects the upper limbs to the axial skeleton, consists of the left and right clavicle and right and left scapulae. Clavicle ( collarbone : location: above first rib, extends from the sternum to the scapula. Lateral end: appearance: flattened portion of the bone, sternal end, articulates with the manubrium of the sternum, aka. medial end, this creates the sternum +clavicle = sternoclavicular. Humerus: head, proximal, articulates with the glenoid cavity, anatomical neck, distal to the head, oblique groove, where the growth plate used to be, greater tubercle. At the proximal end of the ulna, forms the elbow. An anterior projection distal to the trochlear notch. A depression that articulates with the head of the radius. Styloid process anterior side of the olecranon, receives trochlea of humerus. Styloid process inferior to the neck on the anteromedial side. Fibrous connective tissue that joins the shaft of the two bones. Where the shaft widens distally on the lateral side.
