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Lesser tubercle

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
t_21/12828988

FMA
  
23393

TA
  
A02.4.04.006

Lesser tubercle

Latin
  
tuberculum minus humeri

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.

References

Lesser tubercle Wikipedia