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Dorsal radial tubercle

Tuberculum dorsale radii

  • Synonyms: Dorsal tubercle of radius
  • Eponyms: Lister, Lister's tubercle

Definition

IMAIOS

The dorsal tubercle of radius (Lister's tubercle) is a ridge between the grooves for extensor carpi radialis brevis and extensor pollicis longus muscle.

The groove for the extensor pollicis longus lies on its ulnar side.

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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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