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The deltoid muscle is the big muscle on the shoulder. It has three parts; the front or anterior, middle and back or posterior. It involves the shoulder joint.

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Where is your deltoid on your body?

It is a triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, it raises the arm from the side of the body


What muscle covers the the entire shoulder joint?

The muscle that covers the entire shoulder joint is the deltoid muscle. It is a triangular-shaped muscle that originates from the clavicle and scapula and inserts into the humerus. The deltoid is responsible for the abduction, flexion, and extension of the shoulder, playing a crucial role in arm movements. Its structure allows it to provide both stability and mobility to the shoulder joint.


What muscle covers the majority of the shoulder joint?

none as the joint ca[sule is an inert structure meaning no contractile tissue


Location of deltoid muscle?

The deltoid muscle is located around the shoulder at the top. There is a deltoid muscle that is located on each shoulder.


Where are the deltoid muscles located?

The Deltoid muscle is a large triangular shaped muscle which lies over the glenohumeral joint and which gives the shoulder its rounded countour, its probably located on the uppermost part of the arm and the top of the shoulder


Where is the declate area on the body?

The deltoid muscle is located in the upper arm, covering the shoulder joint. It is commonly referred to as the deltoid and is responsible for arm abduction and rotation.


What is a muscle that rotates the upper arm?

There is not a single muscle that rotates the upper arm. The name of the muscle that contributes in rotation of the upper arm is deltoid muscle.


What is a part of the body beginning with D?

Deltoid ligament Distal Phalanges Dorsal Metatarsal ligaments Dorsal Tarsometatarsal ligaments Descending colon duodenum (part of the intestine) Hope this helped.


What is deltoid tendonitis?

Tendonitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon, which is the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone. While Tendonitis can effect any tendon it is not common to find Tendonitis in the deltoid tendon. The deltoid muscle is a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm. Most often pain in the shoulder has to do with the Rotator Cuff muscles or arthritis in the shoulder joint.


What type of muscle fiber pennation is the deltoid muscle?

A deltoid muscle is the muscle that forms the rounded part of the shoulder.


Where is the deltoid muscle found?

Deltoid tuberosity, a little prominence found midway on the lateral surface of the humerus. Right?


The muscle that abducts the arm and is also the muscle that receives injections that are given in the arm is the?

Deltoid