Talk:Radius (bone)

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Function of the radius in the forearm

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

size of the radius

24.62.171.61 (talk) 18:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)How thick is an average radius, and how thick are the radius's parts (marrow, spongy bone, compact bone, and periosteum.)24.62.171.61 (talk) 18:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge with Convexity of radius

Can be readily merged as a single sentence. Does not need a separate page. Tom (LT) (talk) 03:58, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Not enough content for separate article. --XXN, 08:58, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Proposed merge with Upper extremity of radius

Needlessly fragmented, these short articles can be readily merged Tom (LT) (talk) 03:05, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Other Animals

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)[reply]

History

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)[reply]