Body of humerus
Corpus humeri
- Synonym: Shaft of humerus
Definition
The body of humerus (shaft of humerus) is almost cylindrical in the upper half of its extent, prismatic and flattened below, and has three borders and three surfaces.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
