🦴 Ulna

Brian Lee
Sat May 10 2025

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Illustrations

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Henry Vandyke Carter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Gray214
Henry Vandyke Carter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Bony Landmarks

Coronoid Process

The anterior projection just distal to the trochlear notch; it helps form the elbow joint and provides attachment for the brachialis.

Head of the Ulna

The distal, rounded end that articulates with the ulnar notch of the radius and with the triangular fibrocartilage complex at the wrist.

Interosseous Border

The sharp medial ridge running along the shaft where the interosseous membrane attaches, linking ulna to radius.

Olecranon Process

The large, posterior “hook” at the elbow that forms the point of the elbow and serves as the triceps’ insertion site.

Origins:

Insertions:

Radial Notch

A shallow depression on the lateral side of the coronoid process where the head of the radius rests, forming the proximal radioulnar joint.

Styloid Process

A pointed projection on the medial side of the ulnar head that serves as an attachment for the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist.

Supinator Crest

A ridge on the lateral proximal ulna extending down from the radial notch; it provides origin for the supinator muscle.

Trochlear (Semilunar) Notch

The C-shaped articular surface just below the olecranon that grips the humeral trochlea.

Ulnar Tuberosity

A roughened area just below the coronoid process on the anterior shaft. Brachialis and flexor digitorum profundus attach here.

Muscle Origins

By Bony Landmarks

Muscle Insertions

By Bony Landmarks

Examples

Styloid Process

Diogenes, Jean-Leon Gerome, 1860

References