Deltoid tuberosity: Information from Answers.com

Bone: Deltoid tuberosity

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

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

External links

lesson1bonesofpostshoulder at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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. doi:10.1213/01.ANE.0000144516.91507.48. 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. doi:10.1097/01.bot.0000187063.43267.18. 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

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