Deltoid tuberosity

Deltoid tuberosity
Left humerus. Anterior view. (Deltoideus labeled at center right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latintuberositas deltoidea humeri
TA98A02.4.04.020
TA21193
FMA23418
Anatomical terms of bone

In human anatomy, the deltoid tuberosity is a rough, triangular[1] area on the anterolateral (front-side) surface of the middle of the humerus.[2] It is a site of attachment of deltoid muscle.[2]

  1. ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy. ISBN 1-85958-018-1.
  2. ^ a b Feneis, Heinz (2000). Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy (4th ed.). Thieme. p. 36. ISBN 3-13-511204-7.