Anatom3DLeft humerus
Humerus sinister · Levá kost pažní
Skeleton
Looks like
The upper arm bone: a long bone from the rounded head in the shoulder socket to the hinge surfaces at the elbow.
What it does
Transmits force between shoulder and elbow and anchors the muscles that lift, bend and rotate the arm.
Keeping it well
Neck fractures follow falls in older people; mid-shaft breaks can injure the radial nerve and cause wrist drop.
Related conditions
- Achondroplasia
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Sarcoma
- Shoulder dislocation
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency