BONES OF THE UPPER LIMB

BONES OF THE UPPER LIMB

1. SHOULDER

   • The shoulder is made up of three bones: the arm bone (humerus), the broad, almost flat bone of the shoulder (scapula or scapula), and the neck bone (collarbone)
   • the joints:
     • -The supra-humeral -The scapulocostal -The acromioclavicular -The scapulohumeral
   • bones
     • -the scapula and clavicula are flat bones - the humerus is a long bone
     • clavicle
     • humerus
     • scapula

2. FOREARM

   • The forearm is limited by its upper face with the arm by the elbow and by its lower face with the hand by means of the articulation of the wrist
   • bones
     • ulna
     • radio
     • these bones are long
   • the joints
     • radial humero ulnar humer ulnar radio

3. wrist

   • is the joint that joins the ulna and radius bones to the carpus, that is, the forearm and the hand.
   • bones
     • trapeze trapezoid semilunar big hook pyramidal pisiform scaphoid
       • these bones are short bones
   • then we find the metacarpals
     • metacarpal 1 metacarpal 2 metacarpal 3 metacarpal 4 metacarpal 5
       • They are divided into medial and proximal distal