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Osteology
the humerus
the radius
the ulna.
These bones give rise to two joints:
1. FLEXION
2. Extension
MUSCLE OF ELBOW JOINT
1) BICEPS BRACHII
ORIGIN
2) BRACHIALIS
3) CORACOBRACIALIS
ORIGIN ;Tip of the coracoid process
INSERTION;Middle of the medial side of the shaft of the humerus
INERVATION;Musculocutaneus Nerve
ACTION;Flexor,Weak adductor of the arm
4) TRICEPS
ORIGIN;
LONG HEAD;Infraglenoid tubercle of scapula
LATERAL HEAD;Upper half of the posterior surface of
the shaft of the humerus above the spiral groove
MEDIAL HEAD ;Lower half of the posterior surface of the saft
Of the humerus below the spiral groove
MOVEMENT MUSCLE
Triceps
EXTENSION anconeus