Talk:Radius (bone)

message: The article currently states "The purpose of the radius is to connect the elbow to the forearm" and the citation is to a blog called http://boneandspine.com.  I would in fact argue that the radius is a very minor player in the elbow joint, and that its major purpose is to connectthe forearm to the hand and particpate in pronation/supination of the hand at the proximal and distal radioulnar joints.  I intend to edit this section if there are no objections.    —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.164.29.162 (talk) 00:43, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Function of the radius in the forearm 

message: what is the main function of the radius bone?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.166.96.238 (talk • contribs) .
:Move and support the arm (at least in humans), I should think.  I'm not sure there is a real answer to your question without further specifing the context. Incidentally, the                     best place to ask questions is probably Wikipedia:Questions (specifically, Wikipedia:Reference desk).  In general, talk pages are mostly used for discussing how to improve the article, etc.  Cheers, --TeaDrinker 18:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
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message: 24.62.171.61 (talk) 18:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  size of the radius 

message: Functionality for humans is superficially described in this article, with minimal text about the significance of being able to rotate the wrist and thereby turn knobs, etc. I'm curious to know if any other animals have this rotational ability, which I suspect is related to bipedalism, as hinted in this section's brief comment on horses. This section should be expanded to clarify. Martindo (talk) 00:29, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
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message: I think the two paragraphs of the History section could be combined in order to remove the repetition. John Link (talk) 22:07, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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The radius or radial bone is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna. It extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist and runs parallel to the ulna. The ulna is usually slightly longer than the radius, but the radius is thicker. Therefore the radius is considered to be the larger of the two. It is a long bone, prism-shaped and slightly curved longitudinally.
Radius
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The radius (shown in red) is a bone in the forearm.
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Radius
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D011884
TA98
A02.4.05.001
TA2
1210
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23463
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The radius is part of two joints: the elbow and the wrist. At the elbow, it joins with the capitulum of the humerus, and in a separate region, with the ulna at the radial notch. At the wrist, the radius forms a joint with the ulna bone.
The corresponding bone in the lower leg is the fibula.
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thread_title:  Radial bone