Trochlear notch

Trochlear notch

Upper extremity of left ulna. Lateral aspect. (Semilunar notch visible at center top.)
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Identifiers
Latin Incisura trochlearis ulnae,
incisura semilunaris ulnae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
i_05/12447565
TA A02.4.06.006
FMA 23619

Anatomical terms of bone

"Greater sigmoid cavity" redirects here. For Sigmoid cavity, see Ulnar notch of the radius.

The trochlear notch (also semilunar notch, or greater sigmoid cavity) is a large depression in the upper extremity of the ulna that fits the trochlea of the humerus (the bone directly above the ulna in the arm) as part of the elbow joint. It is formed by the olecranon and the coronoid process.

About the middle of either side of this notch is an indentation, which contracts it somewhat, and indicates the junction of the olecranon and the coronoid process.

The notch is concave from above downward, and divided into a medial and a lateral portion by a smooth ridge running from the summit of the olecranon to the tip of the coronoid process.

The medial portion is the larger, and is slightly concave transversely; the lateral is convex above, slightly concave below.

References

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

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