Elbow

Elbow
Human elbow
Elbow joint
Details
Identifiers
Latinarticulatio cubiti
MeSHD004550
TA98A01.1.00.023
TA2145
FMA24901
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.

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