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BONES OF UPPER LIMB

Bone TYPE OF BONE ORIENTATON LATERALITY FUNCTION


1) CLAVICLE Long bone Smoother side (the one Sternal end is enlarged  First long bone to
(without without conoid tubercle) Acromial end is flatter ossify
medullary/marrow cavity) is the superior surface.  One of the mot
Sternal end is always fractured bone in
medial the body
Acromial end is always  Forms one of the
lateral body boundaries
of cervicoaxillary
canal
(passageway bte
neck and arm)
2) SCAPULA/SHOULDER Triangular FLAT and Spine of scapula is Glenoid cavity is always 
BLADE IRREGULAR bone posterior at lateral side
Subscapular fossa is
anterior

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