The document provides a detailed overview of the anatomy of the joints of the upper limb, including the shoulder girdle, shoulder joint, elbow joint, wrist joint, and others. It describes each joint's classification, movements, ligaments, blood supply, and nerve supply, highlighting their functional significance and applied anatomy. Specific conditions such as dislocation of the shoulder and

1. Joints Of Upper Limb -1
M K. Sadham Hussain Bsc.radiology

3. Joints of upper limb
Shoulder girdle
Shoulder joint
Elbow joint
Wrist joint
Carpo metacarpal joint
Meta carpo phalangeal joint
Inter phalangeal joint

4. Joints of shoulder girdle
1) Sternoclavicular joint
2) Acromioclavicular joint

6. Sternoclavicular joint
• Class - synovial joint
• Axis - poly axial
• Variety - saddle shaped
• Bones - medial end of clavicle articulates with the
manubrium and 1st costal cartilage .
Ligaments
• Fibrous capsule.
• Anterior and posterior sternoclavicular ligament .
• Costoclavicular ligament.

8. Acromio clavicular joint
• Class - synovial joint
• Axis - non axial
• Variety - plane
• Bones - lateral end of clavicle articulates with
acromion process of scapula .
Ligaments
• Acromio clavicular ligament associated with the
movement of scapula .

10. Movements:
• Elevation and depression of scapula
• Protraction and retraction of scapula
• Forward and backward rotation of scapula

11. Shoulder joint (gleno humeral joint )
• Class - synovial joint
• Axis - poly axial
• Variety - ball and socket joint
• Bones - head of humerus articulate
with glenoid cavity of scapula .

13. Ligaments :
• Fibrous capsule .
• Gleno humeral ligament .
• Transverse humeral ligament .
• Glenoid labrum .
• Coracohumeral ligament .
• Corocoacromial arch .
Blood supply
• Anterior and posterior circumflex humeral
arteries

14. Nerve supply:
• Axillary nerve
• Supra scapular nerve
• Lateral pectoral nerve
Movements :
• Flexion and extension
• Addiction and abduction
• Medial and lateral rotation
• circumduction

15. Applied anatomy
• Dislocation of shoulder
• Frozen shoulder

18. Elbow joint
• Class - synovial joint
• Axis - uniaxial
• Variety - hinge
• Bones - the lower end of humerus have trochlea
and capitulum , trochlear of the humerus articulate
with trochlear notch of ulna and capitulum with
upper surface of the head of the radius

20. Ligaments:
• Fibrous capsule
• Ulnar collateral ligament
• Radial collateral ligament
Blood supply:
• The anastamosis of branches of brachial , ulnar ,
radial, and profunda brachii arteries .
Nerve supply:
• Branches of musculocutaneous nerve
• Radial nerve
• Ulnar nerve

21. Movements:
 Flexion and extension
Applied anatomy:
 tennis elbow
 Golfers elbow
 Carrying angle elbow