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Upper Extremities
Medical Terms
Term | Definition |
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Clavicle | The collar bone or clavicula; a curved bone that joins with the sternum medially |
Clavicular | Pertaining to the collar bone. |
Scapula | The shoulder blade; a large flat triangularbone |
Glenoid | Sockert-like; resembling a socket. |
Acromion | The lateral extension of the projecting spine of the scapula. Projects over the shoulder joint forming the highest point of the shoulder |
Humerus | The upper arm bone. The head of the proximal end fits into the glenoid cavity. The distal end articulates with the bones of the forearm. |
Radius | The shorter and thicker of the two forearm bones located on the side of the thumb. |
Ulna | The forearm bone on the side of the little finger that extends from the wrist to the elbow. The proximal end forms the olecranon process or elbow |
Carpus | The eight bones of the wrist; the wrist. Syn., carpal bone, or carpals |
Metacarpus | The five bones of the hand between the wrist and fingers. Syn., metacarpal bones, or metacarpals. |
Phalanx | Any bone of a finger or toe, each finger or toe having three such bones and the thumb and great toe having two. The three bones are the proximal, middle, and distal bones. |
Phalanges |