L4.8.2.1.2.2: Radius

• RADIUS

  ● One of the two large bones of the forearm

  ● Extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist and runs parallel to the ulna
• PARTS OF THE RADIUS

  • Head
  • Neck
  • Radial tuberosity
  • Radial styloid process
• Head

  • Disc-shaped and forms a joint with the capitulum of the humerus
• Radial tuberosity

  • Site of attachment of the tendon of the biceps
• Radial styloid process

  • Found at the distal end of the radius