Crest of lesser tubercle

Crista tuberculi minoris

  • Latin synonym: Labium mediale sulci intertubercularis
  • Synonym: Medial lip of intertubercular sulcus
  • Related terms: Crest of lesser tubercle; Medial lip

Definition

The lips of the interbercular groove are called, respectively, the crests of the greater and lesser tubercles (bicipital ridges), and form the upper parts of the anterior and medial borders of the body of the bone.

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/).

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