Trochlear notch

Trochlear notch
Upper extremity of left ulna. Lateral aspect. (Semilunar notch visible at center top.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Incisura trochlearis ulnae, incisura semilunaris ulnae
TA	A02.4.06.006
FMA	23619
*Anatomical terms of bone* [edit on Wikidata]

"Greater sigmoid cavity" redirects here. For Sigmoid cavity, see Ulnar notch of the radius.

The trochlear notch (also semilunar notch, or greater sigmoid cavity) is a large depression in the upper extremity of the ulna that fits the trochlea of the humerus (the bone directly above the ulna in the arm) as part of the elbow joint. It is formed by the olecranon and the coronoid process.

About the middle of either side of this notch is an indentation, which contracts it somewhat, and indicates the junction of the olecranon and the coronoid process.

The notch is concave from above downward, and divided into a medial and a lateral portion by a smooth ridge running from the summit of the olecranon to the tip of the coronoid process.

The medial portion is the larger, and is slightly concave transversely; the lateral is convex above, slightly concave below.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy figure: 10:06-02 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Right ulna (anterior - proximal end) - BioWeb at University of Wisconsin System
Upperextremity/arm/radiology/lat-elbow at the Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Anatomy

Bones of the arm

Shoulder girdle, clavicle

Scapula

fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous)
notches (suprascapular, great scapular)
glenoid cavity
tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid)
spine of scapula
acromion
coracoid process
angles (superior, inferior, lateral)

Humerus

upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical)
tubercles (greater, lesser)
bicipital groove
body: radial sulcus
deltoid tuberosity
lower extremity: capitulum
trochlea
epicondyles (lateral, medial)
supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial)
fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

Forearm

Radius	proximal (head, tuberosity) distal (ulnar notch, styloid process, Lister's tubercle)

Ulna	upper extremity (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch) body lower extremity (head, styloid process)

Hand

Carpal bones	scaphoid lunate triquetral pisiform trapezium trapezoid capitate hamate hamulus

Metacarpal bones	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Phalanges	proximal intermediate distal

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