Elbow

Elbow
Elbow
	Human elbow
	Elbow joint
Details
Identifiers
Latin	articulatio cubiti
MeSH	D004550
TA98	A01.1.00.023
TA2	145
FMA	24901
	Anatomical terminology

The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint.^[1] The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and the medial epicondyles of the humerus. The elbow joint is a hinge joint between the arm and the forearm;^[2] more specifically between the humerus in the upper arm and the radius and ulna in the forearm which allows the forearm and hand to be moved towards and away from the body.^[3]^[4] The term elbow is specifically used for humans and other primates, and in other vertebrates it is not used. In those cases, forelimb plus joint is used.^[1]

The name for the elbow in Latin is cubitus, and so the word cubital is used in some elbow-related terms, as in cubital nodes for example.

^ ^a ^b "MeSH Browser". meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "MeSH Browser". meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ Kapandji 1982, pp. 74–7
^ Palastanga & Soames 2012, p. 138

[MeSH1-1] "MeSH Browser". meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[MeSH2-2] "MeSH Browser". meshb.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[3] Kapandji 1982, pp. 74–7

[Palastange-Soames-2012-p138-4] Palastanga & Soames 2012, p. 138

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