Definition of Deltoid muscle

1. Noun. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm.

Exact synonyms: Deltoid, Musculus Deltoideus
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Rotator Cuff

Definition of Deltoid muscle

1. Noun. (anatomy) A triangular muscle on the human shoulder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deltoid Muscle

deltidiums
deltiological
deltiologist
deltiologists
deltiology
deltohedra
deltohedron
deltohedrons
deltoid
deltoid branch
deltoid crest
deltoid eminence
deltoid impression
deltoid leaf
deltoid ligament
deltoid muscle
deltoid muscles
deltoid region
deltoid tuberosity
deltoidal
deltoidei
deltoideopectoral triangle
deltoideopectoral trigone
deltoideus
deltoideus muscle
deltoids
deltopectoral
deltopectoral flap
delts
delubrum

Literary usage of Deltoid muscle

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"... fibres of the deltoid muscle, from its insertion in the humérus Enaction of ... deltoid muscle ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"and (b) of several fine filaments which pierce the substance of the deltoid muscle, and appear at irregular intervals on its surface. ..."

3. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"... beneath the skin and adipose substance is the brachial aponeurosis; this is weak and imperfect in some situations as on the deltoid muscle; in others it ..."

4. Clinical lectures on paralysis, certain diseases of the brain, and other by Robert Bentley Todd (1856)
"1847, with complete paralysis of the deltoid muscle. He was a stout, full man, tall, of large build, and very active in his habits ; fed well, ..."

5. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"F. deltoïde.) Shaped like the Greek letter Д, or delta. Trowel-shaped. A term for the deltoid muscle. ... Belonging to the deltoid muscle or to its origin. ..."

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