Dorsal radial tubercle

Tuberculum dorsale radii

  • Synonym: Dorsal tubercle of radius
  • Eponym: Lister's tubercle
  • Related terms: Dorsal tubercle

Definition

The dorsal tubercle is a ridge between the grooves for extensor carpi radialis brevis and extensor pollicis longus muscle.

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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