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Definition of Deltoid tuberosity

1. Noun. A bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches.

Medical Definition of Deltoid tuberosity

1. A rough elevation about the middle of the lateral side of the shaft of the humerus, giving attachment to the deltoid muscle. Synonym: tuberositas deltoidea, deltoid crest, deltoid eminence, deltoid impression. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Deltoid tuberosity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"... by a pointed tendinous insertion, to the deltoid tuberosity on the middle of the lateral surface of the body of the humerus (Fig. 33, p. 79). ..."

2. Anatomical terminology, with special reference to the (B N A) by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1907)
"... anterior surface (OT external surface) Posterior surface Medial margin (OT internal border) Lateral margin (OT external border) deltoid tuberosity ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"... edge of the clavicle and from the acromion, and was inserted into the upper part of the deltoid tuberosity above the origin of the brachialis anticus. ..."

4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1893)
"... is separated from the biceps by the deltoid tuberosity. Below, however, they are connected and inserted in company. The insertion is radio-ulnar in ..."

5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... rather more strongly in the Cachalots, and forming a deltoid tuberosity: the shaft becomes compressed and expanded toward the distal end, which has two ..."

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