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3D - Humerus
Greater tubercle
Greater tubercle
Pronunciation
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Other Terms:
Greater tuberosity of humerus, Greater tubercle, Tuberculum majus, Grand tubercule
Greater tuberosity of humerus, Greater tubercle, Tuberculum majus, Grand tubercule
Description
This is the larger of two bump-like projections of the proximal humerus. It is situated lateral to the head and lesser tubercle. To it attach the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor muscles.
Etymology
The word greater, or its synonym majus, denotes a comparatively larger size. Tubercle is from the Latin tuber for a lump combined with the diminutive ending denoting a small lump.
Latin
Tuberculum majus
French
Grand tubercule
Structural Label Key
- Anatomical neck
- Capitulum
- Coronoid fossa
- Crest of the greater tubercle
- Crest of the lesser tubercle
- Deltoid tuberosity
- Greater tubercle
- Head of humerus
- Humerus
- Humerus
- Intertubercular groove
- Lateral supracondylar ridge
- Lesser tubercle
- Medial epicondyle of the humerus
- Medial supracondylar ridge
- Radial fossa
- Surgical neck
- Trochlea of the humerus
- Upper limb - bones of
