Elbow
Head of the radius
Caput radii
- How to find it
- About two centimetres distal to the lateral epicondyle, in the hollow on the dorsolateral side. Pronate and supinate the forearm: the bone turns under your finger.
- What you use it for
- Tenderness in a radial head fracture after a fall onto the outstretched hand; also the site of restriction in blocked pronation or supination.
- On the bone
- Radius
- Body region
- Elbow