Intertubercular sulcus

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Bone: Intertubercular groove
Left humerus. Anterior view. (Intertubercular groove visible at top.)
Latin sulcus intertubercularis humeri
Gray's subject #51 209
Dorlands
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The tubercles of the humerus are separated from each other by a deep groove, the intertubercular groove (bicipital groove, sulcus intertubercular), which lodges the long tendon of the Biceps brachii and transmits a branch of the anterior humeral circumflex artery to the shoulder-joint.

It runs obliquely downward, and ends near the junction of the upper with the middle third of the bone.

It is the lateral wall of the axilla.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Dissector Answers - Axilla and Arm. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.

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Bones of upper limbs
Pectoral girdle, clavicle
Scapula
Humerus
upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical) - tubercles (greater, lesser) - intertubercular sulcus

body: radial sulcus - deltoid tuberosity

lower extremity: capitulum - trochlea - epicondyles (lateral, medial) - supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial) - fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)
Forearm
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