Landmark · Skeletal system
Lesser tubercle
Tuberculum minus
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Humerus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lesser tubercle of the humerus, although smaller, is more prominent than the greater tubercle: it is situated in front, and is directed medially and anteriorly.
Above and in front it presents an impression for the insertion of the tendon of the subscapularis.
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Names
- Latin
- Tuberculum minus
- English
- Lesser tubercle
- French
- Tubercule mineur
- Spanish
- Tubérculo menor
- Portuguese
- Tubérculo menor