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Radial Fossa
Skeletal System

Radial Fossa

Fossa radialis

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Description

The radial fossa is the small, shallow depression found superior to the capitulum of the humerus. It is the lateral of the two fossae located on the anterior aspect of the condyle of the humerus, the other being the coronoid fossa.

It accommodates the head of the radius during elbow flexion.

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