Radius
- Type
- Bone
- Japanese
- 橈骨
- Reading
- とうこつ
- English
- Radius
- Latin
- Radius
- Main functions
- Forearm pronation and supination / Wrist and hand movement
Connections
Articulates with
Muscles arising here
Muscles inserting here
Connected by
Articles
Also mentioned in
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- Flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus: where they are and what they do, the two layers that flex the fingers in 3D
- What is the ulna? Position, olecranon, relationship with the radius and the name ulna
- Humerus: location, parts from head to elbow, and English name
- Interosseous membrane of the forearm: position and role
- Scaphoid: location, features and English and Latin names
- Biceps brachii: where it is located, origin and insertion, and its link to the scapula
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