Upper Extremities

• bones of the lower arm or forearm


  ulna and radius
• the bony prominence of the ulna at the elbowis called the olecranon
• carpals are wrist bones
• metacarpals are five bones radiating to the fingers
• phalanges are the bones of the fingers and toes
• each finger has three phalanges:
• each finger has three phalanges:

  • proximal
  • middle
  • distal
• is the shaft of long bones that grows as children grows


  diaphysis