Typically broken at the Surgical Neck
Parent Structures
Bone Classification
Bony Features
- Anatomical Neck of the Humerus
- Capitulum
- Coronoid Fossa
- Deltoid Tubercle
- Deltoid Tuberosity
- Greater Tubercle
- Head of the Humerus
- Intertubercular Groove
- Lateral Epicondyle
- Lateral Supracondylar Ridge
- Lesser Tubercle
- Medial Epicondyle
- Medial Supracondylar Ridge
- Olecranon Fossa
- Radial Fossa
- Shaft of the Humerus
- Trochlea
- Ulna Groove
Attaching Structures as Origin
- Triceps Brachii - Lateral Head - Above and Lateral to the Spiral Groove on the Posterior Surface of the Humerus Medial Head - Posterior Surface of the Humerus, below and medial to the Spiral Groove
Associated Joints
Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Origin
- Lateral Epicondyle
- Anconeus - Posterior Surface
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis - Common Extensor Tendon
- Extensor Carpi Ulnaris - Common Extensor Tendon
- Extensor Digiti Minimi - Common Extensor Tendon
- Extensor Digitorum - Common Extensor Tendon
- Radial Collateral Ligament - Anteroinferior aspect
- Supinator - Inferior Aspect
- Lateral Supracondylar Ridge
- Brachioradialis - Anterior Upper Two-Thirds
- Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus - Anterior Part of the Lower Thrid
- Lesser Tubercle
- Medial Epicondyle
- Anterior Ulnar Collateral Ligament
- Flexor Carpi Radialis - Common Flexor Tendon
- Flexor Carpi Ulnaris - Common Flexor Origin
- Flexor Digitorum Superficialis - Common Felxor Tendon
- Intermediate Ulnar Collateral Ligament - undersurface
- Palmaris Longus - Common Flexor Origin
- Posterior Ulnar Collateral Ligament - From the Back
- Pronator Teres - Common Flexor Origin
- Medial Supracondylar Ridge
- Pronator Teres - Lower Part
- Shaft of the Humerus
- Brachialis - Anterior Distal Two-Thirds of th Shaft to Medial and Lateral Intermuscular Septa
Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Insertion
- Anatomical Neck of the Humerus
- Deltoid Tuberosity
- Greater Tubercle
- Coracohumeral Ligament
- Infraspinatus - Middle Facet on the Greater Tubercle
- Supraspinatus - Upper Facet
- Teres Minor - Inferior Facet on the Greater Tubercle of the Humerus
- Transverse Humeral Ligament
- Intertubercular Groove
- Latissimus Dorsi - Floor of the Intertubercular Groove
- Pectoralis Major - Lateral Lip of the Intertubercular Groove
- Teres Major - Medial Lip of the Intertubercular Groove
- Lesser Tubercle
- Coracohumeral Ligament
- Middle Glenohumeral Ligament - Below the insertion of Subscapularis
- Subscapularis
- Superior Glenohumeral Ligament
- Shaft of the Humerus
- Coracobrachialis - Medial Side of the Shaft of the Humerus at it's midpiont. Between Triceps and Brachialis.