Crest of lesser tubercle - Upper extremity - Bones of upper limb - e-Anatomy

Crest of lesser tubercle

Crista tuberculi minoris

  • Latin synonyms: Labium mediale sulci intertubercularis
  • Synonyms: Medial lip of intertubercular sulcus

Definition

IMAIOS

The lips of the interbercular groove are called, respectively, the crests of the greater and lesser tubercles (bicipital ridges), and form the upper parts of the anterior and medial borders of the body of the bone.

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References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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