coronoid fossa of humerus

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Introduction

A hollow on the anterior surface of the distal end of the humerus, just above the trochlea. It receives the coronoid process of ulna when the elbow is flexed.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence & Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc, 1979.