deltopectoral crest
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
deltopectoral crest
- crista ventralis
- deltoid crest
- deltoid eminence
- deltoid impression
- deltoid tuberosity
- deltoid tuberosity of humerus
- tuberositas deltoidea
- tuberositas deltoidea (corpus humeri)
- tuberositas deltoidea humeri
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/HumerusFront.png
uberon
crista ventralis humeri, deltoid process, pectoral process
UBERON:0002498
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]