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deltopectoral crest

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a rough elevation at the middle of the lateral side of the shaft of the humerus to which the deltoid muscle attaches [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

deltopectoral crest

Synonyms
  • crista ventralis
  • deltoid crest
  • deltoid eminence
  • deltoid impression
  • deltoid tuberosity
  • deltoid tuberosity of humerus
  • tuberositas deltoidea
  • tuberositas deltoidea (corpus humeri)
  • tuberositas deltoidea humeri
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
tuberositas deltoidea [ FMA : TA FMA : 23418 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/HumerusFront.png

has related synonym

crista ventralis humeri, deltoid process, pectoral process

id

UBERON:0002498

taxon notes

In basal Tetrapodomorph lineages often the deltoid process and the pectoral processes are separate and thus should not be made exact synonyms to the deltopectoral crest.[PHENOSCAPE:ad]