Health Sciences 2300A/B Lecture 4: Lesson 3B

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Jamie Melling

Document Summary

Connects upper extremity (appendicular skeleton) to the axial skeleton. The top surface is smooth there is a bump on the bottom of the clavicle the medical half is convex anteriorly ( curves towards you) Sternoclavicular joint: the broad flat, lateral end, the acromial end, articulates with the acromion of the scapula at the acromioclavicular. Conoid tubercles on the inferior surface of the lateral end of the bone is a point of attachment for the conoid ligament. A large triangle flat bone with ridges on the posterior surface. Glenoid cavity is a shallow depression with accepts the head of the. Humerus ( forms the glenohumeral joint/ shoulder joint. Medial border 5cm form the vertebral column. Thick edge of the closer to the arm ( axillary joint) Medial and lateral point joint at the inferior angle. Superior end joint to the vertebra crating the superior border. Coracoid process the lateral end of the border : tendons attach to an anterior surface.