Articulatio cubiti/Elbow joint

Articulatio cubiti/Elbow joint
Noun. 1. articulatio cubiti - hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped. cubital joint, cubitus, elbow, elbow joint, human elbow. musculus articularis cubiti - a small branch of the triceps that inserts into the capsule of the elbow joint.

1. Elbow joint. Connections of forearm bones. Radio-carpal joint. Joints of hand.

2. Areas and axes of the human body. The position of the body in space characterized by its restoration to three interacting operations planes - sagittal, frontal horizontal. - The sagittal plane (from the Latin sagittalis - arrow) divides the body on the right and left parts. In the case where the sagittal plane marks the body on two identical halves, it is called the silver plane. - The frontal plane (frontal) passes from right to left or left to the right and divides the body into front and back of the body. - The horizontal plane (transverse) is parallel to the support surface, divides the body into upper and lower parts.

3. To describe the movements in the joints in anatomy use three main axes: sagittal, frontal and vertical (longitudinal). The sagittal axis (arrow) is directed from front to back, perpendicularly frontal plane. Movements: reduction, removal, lateral inclinations. The front axle is left to right or right to left, perpendicular to the sagittal plane. Movements: flexion, extension. The vertical axis is directed from top to bottom, perpendicular horizontal plane. Movements: external and internal rotation, supination, pronation.

4. It is compound joint (articulation composita)

5. The elbow joint permits flexion, extension, rotation (pronation and supination), mild adduction and abduction.

6. The radiocarpal joint permits movements : flexion, exension , adduction, abduction and circumduction. The carpometacarpal joints permit a very small range of movements.