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Definition of Deltoid muscle
1. Noun. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Rotator Cuff
Definition of Deltoid muscle
1. Noun. (anatomy) A triangular muscle on the human shoulder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deltoid Muscle
Literary usage of Deltoid muscle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"... fibres of the deltoid muscle, from its insertion in the humérus Enaction of
... deltoid muscle ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"and (b) of several fine filaments which pierce the substance of the deltoid
muscle, and appear at irregular intervals on its surface. ..."
3. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"... beneath the skin and adipose substance is the brachial aponeurosis; this is
weak and imperfect in some situations as on the deltoid muscle; in others it ..."
4. Clinical lectures on paralysis, certain diseases of the brain, and other by Robert Bentley Todd (1856)
"1847, with complete paralysis of the deltoid muscle. He was a stout, full man,
tall, of large build, and very active in his habits ; fed well, ..."
5. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"F. deltoïde.) Shaped like the Greek letter Д, or delta. Trowel-shaped. A term
for the deltoid muscle. ... Belonging to the deltoid muscle or to its origin. ..."
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