Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The humerus is your upper arm bone. It is the longest bone in the upper part of ...

Four important synovial joints used in most sporting actions are the elbow and shoulder joints ... A ball and socket joint is made up of a round end of one bone that fits into a small cup-like ...

Explores the anatomy and functions ... and subtypes of each joint type, including examples such as the hinge joint of the elbow, the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder and hip, and the complex ...

Background Pathology of the soft tissues of the shoulder including the musculotendinous rotator cuff and subacromial ... The development of these osteophytes may depend on load and the anatomy of the ...

The olecranon and olecranon fossa joint provide primary stability at less than 20° or more than 120° of elbow flexion. In between stability is provided by soft tissue constraints, mainly the UCL.3 4 ...