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Radial fossa

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Radial fossa
Left humerus. Anterior view. (Radial fossa visible at bottom right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinfossa radialis humeri
TA98A02.4.04.026
TA21206
FMA23452
Anatomical terms of bone

Above the front part of the capitulum is a slight depression, the radial fossa, which receives the anterior border of the head of the radius, when the forearm is flexed.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 212 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)