Landmark · Skeletal system
Coronoid fossa
Fossa coronoidea
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Humerus
DescriptionUnreviewed
Superior to the anterior portion of the trochlea is a small depression, the coronoid fossa, which receives the coronoid process of the ulna during flexion of the forearm.
It is directly adjacent to the radial fossa of the humerus.
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Names
- Latin
- Fossa coronoidea
- English
- Coronoid fossa
- French
- Fosse coronoïde
- Spanish
- Fosa coronoidea
- Portuguese
- Fossa coronoide