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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/HumerusFront.png/250px-HumerusFront.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="424" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/HumerusFront.png/375px-HumerusFront.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/HumerusFront.png/500px-HumerusFront.png 2x" data-file-width="2009" data-file-height="3406" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Left humerus. Anterior view. (Deltoideus labeled at center right.)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>tuberositas deltoidea humeri</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/02.4.04.020%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A02.4.04.020</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray's-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> area on the <a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Anterior_and_posterior" title="Anatomical terms of location">antero</a><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location#Left_and_right_(lateral),_and_medial" title="Anatomical terms of location">lateral</a> (front-side) surface of the middle of the <a href="/wiki/Humerus" title="Humerus">humerus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Feneis-36_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feneis-36-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a site of attachment of <a href="/wiki/Deltoid_muscle" title="Deltoid muscle">deltoid muscle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Feneis-36_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feneis-36-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Deltoid Tuberosity" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg/200px-Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg/300px-Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg/400px-Deltoid-Tuberosity.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1216" data-file-height="913" /></a><figcaption>Deltoid tuberosity</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variation">Variation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The deltoid tuberosity has been reported as very prominent in less than 10% of people.<sup id="cite_ref-Fink-Bennett-1980_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fink-Bennett-1980-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The deltoid tuberosity develops through <a href="/wiki/Endochondral_ossification" title="Endochondral ossification">endochondral ossification</a> in a two-phase process.<sup id="cite_ref-Blitz-2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blitz-2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initiating signal is tendon-dependent, whilst the growth phase is muscle-dependent.<sup id="cite_ref-Blitz-2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blitz-2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The deltoid tuberosity is at risk of <a href="/wiki/Avulsion_fracture" title="Avulsion fracture">avulsion fracture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These fractures may be <a href="/wiki/Conservative_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative management">managed conservatively</a> with rest.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_animals">Other animals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other animals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In mammals, the <a href="/wiki/Humerus" title="Humerus">humerus</a> displays a wide <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">morphological</a> variation. The size and orientation of its functionally important features, including the deltoid tubercle, <a href="/wiki/Greater_tubercle" title="Greater tubercle">greater tubercle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Medial_epicondyle_of_the_humerus" title="Medial epicondyle of the humerus">medial epicondyle</a>, are pivotal to an animal's style of locomotion and habitat. In <a href="/wiki/Cursorial" title="Cursorial">cursorial</a> (running) animals such as the <a href="/wiki/Pronghorn" title="Pronghorn">pronghorn</a>, the deltoid tubercle is located about a quarter of the way down the shaft, which allows for rapid but relatively weak limb flexion and extension. In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Natatorial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Natatorial (page does not exist)">natatorial</a> (swimming) animals such as the <a href="/wiki/North_American_river_otter" title="North American river otter">North American river otter</a>, the tubercle is located nearly halfway down the shaft, which allows for powerful limb flexion and extension. The tuberosity can be very pronounced in <a href="/wiki/Fossorial" title="Fossorial">fossorial</a> (digging) animals, such as the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_beaver" title="Mountain beaver">mountain beaver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall-2007_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-2007-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is very superficial in <a href="/wiki/Horse" title="Horse">horses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deltoid_tubercle_of_spine_of_scapula" title="Deltoid tubercle of spine of scapula">Deltoid tubercle of spine of scapula</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deltoid_tuberosity&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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