Foundational Model of Anatomy

Last uploaded: May 13, 2019
Preferred Name

Greater tubercle of humerus

Synonyms

Greater tuberosity of humerus

Greater tubercle

Definitions

Tubercle of bone, each instance of which is a a large flattened prominence at the superolateral aspect of the proximal epiphysis of some humerus, just lateral to the highest part of some anatomical neck, giving attachment to some infraspinatus, the supraspinatus, and the teres minor muscles.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma23390

definition

Tubercle of bone, each instance of which is a a large flattened prominence at the superolateral aspect of the proximal epiphysis of some humerus, just lateral to the highest part of some anatomical neck, giving attachment to some infraspinatus, the supraspinatus, and the teres minor muscles.

FMAID

23390

label

Greater tubercle of humerus

non-English equivalent

Tuberculum majus

Grand tubercule

preferred name

Greater tubercle of humerus

prefixIRI

fma:fma23390

synonym

Greater tuberosity of humerus

Greater tubercle

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma75429

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