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Deltoid

noun

A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm. Synonyms: deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus.

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"Deltoid" Quotes from Famous Books

... On the deltoid region of the shoulders and on the breast, a rosette or a star design is found (text, Figs. 63 and 64). As already stated, it seems in the highest degree probable that the rosette is derived from the eye in the dog pattern, and it is consequently of some interest to find that the name now given ...

— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall

... A front view of the muscles of the trunk. On the left side the superficial layer is seen; on the right, the deep layer. 1, The pectoralis major muscle. 2, The deltoid muscle. 6, The pectoralis minor muscle. 9, The coracoid process of the scapula. 11, The external intercostal muscle. 12, The external oblique muscle 13, Its aponeurosis. 16, The rectus muscle of the right side. 18, ...

— A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) • Calvin Cutter

Words linked to "Deltoid" : skeletal muscle, deltoid eminence, striated muscle, rotator cuff, simple, unsubdivided