tuberosity

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Just below this on the anterior ulna is a roughened area called the ulnar tuberosity.

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A common example is the deltoid muscle of the shoulder, which covers the shoulder but has a single tendon that inserts on the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus.

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On the posterior shaft of the femur is the gluteal tuberosity proximally and the linea aspera in the mid-shaft region.

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The sacrum is also attached to the hip bone by the sacrospinous ligament, which spans the sacrum to the ischial spine, and the sacrotuberous ligament, which runs from the sacrum to the ischial tuberosity.

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Its fibres are directed downwards and forwards, to be inserted into the great tuberosity of the humerus—the trochiter—below the insertion of the supraspinatus.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard