Deltoid tuberosity

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Bone: Deltoid tuberosity

Left humerus. Anterior view. (Deltoideus labeled at center right.)
Latin	tuberositas deltoidea humeri
Gray's	subject #51 211
Dorlands / Elsevier	t_21/12829141

The deltoid tuberosity is the region on the shaft of the humerus to which the the deltoid muscle attaches.

External links

Norman/Georgetown lesson1bonesofpostshoulder
von Goedecke A, Keller C, Moriggl B, Wenzel V, Bale R, Deibl M, Moser P, Lirk P (2005). "An anatomic landmark to simplify subclavian vein cannulation: the "deltoid tuberosity".". Anesth Analg 100 (3): 623-8, table of contents. PMID 15728041.
Morgan S, Furry K, Parekh A, Agudelo J, Smith W (2006). "The deltoid muscle: an anatomic description of the deltoid insertion to the proximal humerus.". J Orthop Trauma 20 (1): 19-21. PMID 16424805.

v • d • e Bones of upper limbs
Pectoral girdle, clavicle	conoid tubercle - trapezoid line - costal tuberosity - subclavian groove
Scapula	fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous) - suprascapular notch - glenoid cavity tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid) - spine of scapula - acromion - coracoid process borders (superior, lateral/axillary, medial/vertebral) - angles (superior, inferior, lateral)
Humerus	upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical) - tubercles (greater, lesser) - intertubercular sulcus body: radial sulcus - deltoid tuberosity lower extremity: capitulum - trochlea - epicondyles (lateral, medial) - supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial) - fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)
Forearm	radius: upper extremity (head, tuberosity) - body - lower extremity (ulnar notch, styloid process) ulna: upper extremity (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch) - body - lower extremity (head, styloid process)
Hand	carpus: scaphoid - lunate - triquetral - pisiform - trapezium - trapezoid - capitate - hamate (hamulus) metacarpus: 1st metacarpal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th phalanges of the hand: proximal - intermediate - distal