Proximal radioulnar articulation

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Proximal radioulnar articulation
Capsule of elbow-joint (distended). Anterior aspect.
Annular ligament of radius, from above. The head of the radius has been sawn off and the bone dislodged from the ligament.
Latin	articulatio radioulnaris proximalis
Gray's	subject #85 324
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_64/12161505

The proximal radioulnar articulation (superior radioulnar joint) is a trochoid or pivot-joint between the circumference of the head of the radius and the ring formed by the radial notch of the ulna and the annular ligament.

[edit] See also

• Distal radioulnar articulation
• Supination

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SHOULDER - sternoclavicular: anterior sternoclavicular - posterior sternoclavicular - interclavicular - costoclavicular acromioclavicular: acromioclavicular - coracoclavicular (trapezoid, conoid) - coracoacromial - superior transverse scapular - inferior transverse of scapula glenohumeral: coracohumeral - glenohumeral (superior, middle, and inferior) - transverse humeral - glenoid labrum ELBOW - proximal radioulnar, humeroradial, humeroulnar: ulnar collateral - radial collateral - annular - oblique cord distal radioulnar volar radioulnar - dorsal radioulnar wrist/radiocarpal: palmar radiocarpal - dorsal radiocarpal - ulnar collateral - radial collateral intercarpal, midcarpal: pisohamate ligament - pisometacarpal ligament carpometacarpal: dorsal carpometacarpal - palmar carpometacarpal intermetacarpal: deep transverse metacarpal - superficial transverse metacarpal metacarpophalangeal, interphalangeal