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The elbow is the region between the upper arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and the medial epicondyles of the humerus. The elbow joint is a hinge joint between the arm and the forearm; more specifically between the humerus in the upper arm and the radius and ulna in the forearm which allows the forearm and hand to be moved towards and away from the body. The term elbow is specifically used for humans and other primates, and in other ver

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The elbow is the joint region between your upper arm and forearm that allows you to bend your arm and move your hand toward and away from your body. It matters because this hinge joint, formed where the upper arm bone connects to the two forearm bones, is essential for basic arm movement and everyday activities.

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Anatomy.Name: Elbow
Anatomy.Latin: articulatio cubiti
Anatomy.Image: Elbow on gray background.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: Human elbow
Anatomy.Image2: En-elbow joint.svg
Anatomy.Caption2: Elbow joint

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Managing Elbow Dislocations.ReviewAnnals of emergency medicine · 2022Gottlieb MDOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.029
Elbow arthroscopy.ReviewThe Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2008Dodson CC, Nho SJ, Williams RJ 3rd et al.DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200810000-00003
Medial Elbow Pain Syndrome: Current Treatment Strategies.ReviewOrthopedics · 2023Prabhakar G, Kanawade V, Ghali AN et al.DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20220719-06
[Simple elbow dislocation - really "simple"?].ReviewMMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2019Nietschke R, Burkhart KJ, Zimmerer A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s15006-019-0360-8
Chronic elbow instability in adults: The why, when and how of ligament reconstruction.ReviewOrthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR · 2023Carlier Y, Soubeyrand MDOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2022.103449
Osseous variability around the elbow joint.ReviewActa radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) · 2023Kunc V, Salavova S, Kachlik DDOI: 10.1177/02841851221129392
Rheumatoid elbow.ReviewHand clinics · 2011Dyer GS, Blazar PEDOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.10.003
The Septic Elbow Joint: Treatment Approaches for Improved Patient Outcomes.ReviewThe Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2024Mercer HL, Rodriguez D, Mikola E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2023.09.007

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Part of: free upper limb
Image: Coude fp.PNG

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topic's main category: Category:Elbow
Commons category: Elbows
arterial supply: interosseous recurrent artery
different from: elbow joint

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