Clavicular part of deltoid at a glance
- What it is
- The anterior fibres of the deltoid.
- Location
- Origin: lateral third of the anterior border of the clavicle. Insertion: deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.
- Function
- Flexes and medially rotates the arm.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA34680 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: axillary nerve (C5–C6)
- Blood supply: posterior circumflex humeral and deltoid branch of thoracoacromial arteries
- Its anterior border meets pectoralis major at the deltopectoral groove, where the cephalic vein runs.
Structures next to the clavicular part of deltoid
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Subscapular artery · cardiovascular
- Posterior circumflex humeral artery · cardiovascular
- Anterior circumflex humeral artery · cardiovascular
- Axillary vein · cardiovascular
- Circumflex scapular artery · cardiovascular
- Coracobrachialis · muscular
- Deltoid branch of thoraco-acromial artery · cardiovascular
- Axillary artery · cardiovascular
- Clavicular part of pectoralis major · muscular
- Thoracodorsal artery · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Clavicular part of deltoid (FMA34680). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §11.2 Naming Skeletal Muscles. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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