humerus
In 16 atlases
- Adult male (BodyParts3D)
- Real CT case s0462: female, 77
- Real CT case s0616: male, 58
- Real CT case s0751: male, 62
- Real CT case s0923: female, 41
- Real CT case s0963: female, 58
and 10 more
- Real CT case s1249: female, 93
- Real CT case s1397: male, 73
- Real CT case s1580: male, 9
- Real CT case s1784: male, 33
- Real CT case s1789: female, 21
- Real CT case s2043: male, 15
- Real CT case s2075: female, 5
- Right upper limb (Open3DModel)
- Male torso and inner organs (Voxel-Man, Visible Human)
- Adult male, detailed (Z-Anatomy)
Key points
- The humerus is the long bone of the upper arm, extending between the shoulder and elbow.
- Its upper end joins the scapula, while its lower end joins the radius and ulna.
- Its landmarks provide joint surfaces, muscle attachment sites and routes beside nerves.
- The humerus supports the arm and acts as a lever for movement at the shoulder and elbow.
Definition
Paired endochondral long bone that extends between the pectoral girdle and the skeletal parts of the forelimb. [PHENOSCAPE:mah].
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Arterial supply
- nutrient arteries of humerus
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 1180
- TA98
- A02.4.04.001
- FMA
- 13303
- UBERON
- 0000976
- Wikidata
- Q162595