Internal Elbow, Ivory, Elbows

at first the elbow seems to work like a simple hinge but the elbow is a complex joint whose motion affects the forearm and the wrist joint it is easy to see why the elbow can cause problems when it does not function correctly part of what makes us human is the way we are able to use our hands effective use of our hand requires a stable painless elbow joint the important structures of the elbow can be divided into several categories these include bones joints ligaments tendons muscles nerves and blood vessels the bones of the elbow include the humerus or the upper arm bone the ulna the larger bone of the forearm on the opposite side of the thumb and the radius the smaller bone of the forearm on the same side as the thumb the elbow itself is essentially a hinge joint meaning it bends and straightens like a hinge but there is a second joint where the end of the radius or the radial head me