Landmark · Skeletal system
Medial supracondylar ridge
Crista supracondylaris medialis crista
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Humerus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The inferior third of the medial border of the humerus is raised into a slight ridge, the medial supracondylar ridge (or medial supracondylar line), which becomes very prominent below; it presents an anterior lip for the origins of the Brachialis and Pronator teres, a posterior lip for the medial head of the Triceps brachii, and an intermediate ridge for the attachment of the medial intermuscular septum.
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Names
- Latin
- Crista supracondylaris medialis crista
- English
- Medial supracondylar ridge
- French
- Crête supracondylaire médiale
- Spanish
- Cresta supracondilar medial
- Portuguese
- Crista supracondilar medial