Human Arm is consist of three types of bones Humerus, Ulna and the Radius bone
In this post we are going to discuss about the names of the bones in the human arm and their structure.
In this post we are going to discuss about the names of the bones in the human arm and their structure.
Bones and its structure in human body can be studied under the human
anatomy department. The human anatomy cover almost everything related to different
structures of bones, muscles, and skeleton of human body. Hence you can learn
the human arm structure and types of bones in human arm under this subject.
According to human anatomy, the human arm extends to the
hand that can be further divided into two parts upper arm and the forearm. The
upper arm comprise of “humerus” bone, is the long bone in upper limb that
connects the arm between shoulder joint and elbow joint. It also connects to
the two bones in the forearm (radius and ulna).
The common structure of human arm or three types of bones in human arm is listed as follows:
- Humerus Arm Bone
- Radius Arm Bone
- Ulna Arm Bone
Radius Bone: In arm radius bone is also known as radial bone that is the one of the two large bones in forearm and extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist and runs parallel to the ulna.
Ulna Bone
Ulna is also a part of the lower arm bone which connects with elbow and extents till smallest finger in the human arm.
Ulna and the radius bones are parallel to each other and extends till the human hand.