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Sign in to saveThe elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. 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; 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. The term elbow is specifically used for humans and other primates, and in other ver
The elbow is the joint region between your upper arm and forearm that allows you to bend your arm and move your hand toward and away from your body. It matters because this hinge joint, formed where the upper arm bone connects to the two forearm bones, is essential for basic arm movement and everyday activities.
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- Anatomy.Name
- Elbow
- Anatomy.Latin
- articulatio cubiti
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Research
62,255 papers- Managing Elbow Dislocations.ReviewAnnals of emergency medicine · 2022Gottlieb MDOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.029
- Elbow arthroscopy.ReviewThe Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2008Dodson CC, Nho SJ, Williams RJ 3rd et al.DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200810000-00003
- Medial Elbow Pain Syndrome: Current Treatment Strategies.ReviewOrthopedics · 2023Prabhakar G, Kanawade V, Ghali AN et al.DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20220719-06
- [Simple elbow dislocation - really "simple"?].ReviewMMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2019Nietschke R, Burkhart KJ, Zimmerer A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s15006-019-0360-8
- Chronic elbow instability in adults: The why, when and how of ligament reconstruction.ReviewOrthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR · 2023Carlier Y, Soubeyrand MDOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2022.103449
- Osseous variability around the elbow joint.ReviewActa radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) · 2023Kunc V, Salavova S, Kachlik DDOI: 10.1177/02841851221129392
- Rheumatoid elbow.ReviewHand clinics · 2011Dyer GS, Blazar PEDOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.10.003
- The Septic Elbow Joint: Treatment Approaches for Improved Patient Outcomes.ReviewThe Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2024Mercer HL, Rodriguez D, Mikola E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2023.09.007
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30 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Joint
- Joint capsule
- Synovial membrane
- Ligaments
- Muscles
- Flexion
- Extension
- Blood supply
- Nerve supply
- Development
- Function
- Carrying angle
- Pathology
- Tendonitis
- Fractures
- Dislocation
- Infection
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Elbow pain
- Clinical significance
- Tennis elbow
- Golfer's elbow
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Society and culture
- Other primates
- Notes
- References
The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. 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; 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. 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.
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.
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