Radial tuberosity

Radial tuberosity
Left elbow-joint, showing anterior and ulnar collateral ligaments. (Radial tuberosity visible at center right.)
Bones of left forearm. Anterior aspect. (Radius is bone on right. Radial tuberosity is visible at upper left of radius.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Tuberositas radii
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_21/12829250
TA	A02.4.05.007
FMA	23489
*Anatomical terms of bone* [edit on Wikidata]

Beneath the neck of the radius, on the medial side, is an eminence, the radial tuberosity; its surface is divided into:

an anterior, rough portion, for the insertion of the tendon of the biceps brachii.
a posterior, smooth portion, on which a bursa is interposed between the tendon and the bone.

Sources

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy figure: 07:02-08 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
radiographsul at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (xrayelbow)

Additional images

Radial tuberosity shown.
Anterior View. Radial tuberosity.
Posterior View. Radial tuberosity.

Radial tuberosity below neck.
Radial tuberosity below neck.
Left Radius - close-up - animation.

Elbow joint - deep dissection (anterior view, human cadaver)
Elbow joint - deep dissection (anterior view, human cadaver)

Bones of the arm

Shoulder girdle, clavicle

Scapula

fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous)
notches (suprascapular, great scapular)
glenoid cavity
tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid)
spine of scapula
acromion
coracoid process
angles (superior, inferior, lateral)

Humerus

upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical)
tubercles (greater, lesser)
bicipital groove
body: radial sulcus
deltoid tuberosity
lower extremity: capitulum
trochlea
epicondyles (lateral, medial)
supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial)
fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

Forearm

Radius	proximal (head, tuberosity) distal (ulnar notch, styloid process, Lister's tubercle)

Ulna	upper extremity (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch) body lower extremity (head, styloid process)

Hand

Carpal bones	scaphoid lunate triquetral pisiform trapezium trapezoid capitate hamate hamulus

Metacarpal bones	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Phalanges	proximal intermediate distal

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