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Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Deltoid Muscle
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Deltoid Muscle

Preferred term

Deltoid Muscle  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • / growth: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; / embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent

Scope note

  • Thick triangular muscle in the SHOULDER whose function is to abduct, flex, and extend the arm. It is a common site of INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS.

History note

  • 2011

In other languages

  • hartialihas

    Finnish

  • m. deltoideus
  • musculus deltoideus
  • Deltamuskel

    Swedish

  • Deltoid muskel
  • Musculus deltoideus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D057645

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