musculus deltoideus

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Noun1.musculus deltoideus - a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the armmusculus deltoideus - a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
deltoid, deltoid muscle
skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
rotator cuff - a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move
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The PHCA curves around the surgical neck of humerus to supply the shoulder joint, the deltoid (musculus deltoideus), the teres major, the teres minor and the long and lateral head of triceps.
A coincidental variation of the axillary artery: the brachioradial artery and the aberrant posterior humeral circumflex artery passing under the tendon of the latissimus dorsi muscle
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