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1
Q

What does the humerus form

A

Arm

2
Q

At the proximal end the humerus articulates with what

A

Head articulates with the glen our cavity of the scapula

3
Q

Area inferior to the head

A

Anatomical neck

4
Q

What is the location of the Intertubercular sulcus

A

Anterior and lateral to the neck

5
Q

What is the function of the tunercules of the humerus

A

Sites of attachment

6
Q

What is on both sides of the intertubercular sulcus

A

Greater and lesser tubercles

7
Q

What is distal to the tubercles

A

Surgical neck

8
Q

What is significant about the surgical neck

A

Most frequently fractured part of humerus

9
Q

What is the deltoid tuberosity

A

Where the deltoid muscle attaches to the humerus

10
Q

Location of deltoid tuberosity

A

Midway down the shaft

11
Q

What is the radial groove

A

Marks the course of the radial nerve

12
Q

The coronoid fossa and old random fossa allow what

A

The ulna to move freely when the elbow is bent and extended

13
Q

At the distal end of the humerus what articulates with what

A

The trochlea and capitulum articulates with the bones of the forearm

14
Q

What is the bone of the humerus like

A

Single long bone