Surgical neck of the humerus

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Surgical neck of the humerus
Left humerus. Anterior view. (Surgical neck labeled at upper left.)
Latin	collum chirurgicum humeri
Gray's	subject #51 209
Dorlands/Elsevier	c_46/12249468

The surgical neck of the humerus is a constriction below the tubercles of the greater tubercle and lesser tubercle.

It is much more frequently fractured than the anatomical neck of the humerus.

[edit] See also

• Quadrangular space

[edit] External links

• Anatomy at PSU skel/humerusup2
• ii/s/surgical_neck_of_humerus article at GE's Medcyclopaedia

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