Landmark · Skeletal system
Head of radius
Caput radii
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Radius
DescriptionUnreviewed
The head of the radius has a cylindrical form, and on its upper surface is a shallow cup or fovea for articulation with the capitulum of the humerus.
The circumference of the head is smooth; it is broad medially where it articulates with the radial notch of the ulna, narrow in the rest of its extent, which is embraced by the annular ligament.
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Names
- Latin
- Caput radii
- English
- Head of radius
- French
- Tête du radius
- Spanish
- Cabeza del radio
- Portuguese
- Cabeça do rádio