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Well Practiced Pitching Motion
Structures Involved
Bones
Scapula (Shoulder Blade)
Clavicle (Collarbone)
Ribs
Humerus (upper arm)
Ulna (pinky side forearm bone)
Radius (thumb side forearm bone)
Carpals (wrist bones)
Metacarpals (hand bones)
Phalanges (fingers)
Ligaments/Tendons
Shoulder
Glenohumeral ligament
Acromioclavicular ligament
Coracohumeral ligament
Coracoclavicular ligament
Glenoid Labrum
Biceps Brachii tendon
Triceps Brachii Tendon
Elbow
Ulnar Collateral Ligament
Radial Collateral Ligament
Annular ligament
Wrist/Hand
Flexor Tendons
Extensor Tendons
Retinaculum
Muscles
Shoulder Movers
Pectoralis major
Teres major
Teres minor
Trapezius
Deltoid
Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Subscapularis
Pectoralis minor
Rhomboid
Latissimus Dorsi
Elbow Movers
Triceps Brachii
Biceps Brachii
Brachialis
Brachioradialis
Wrist/Hand Movers
Wrist Extensors
Wrist Flexors
Finger Extensors
Information provided by Dr. Tim Derrick, Iowa State University and The Universirty of Buffalo at
http://wings.buffalo.edu/eng/mae/courses/417-517/Orthopaedic%20Biomechanics/Biomechanics%20of%20the%20Shoulder%20and%20Pitching.pdf