tuberosity

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

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The sacrum is also joined to the hip bone by the sacrospinous ligament, which attaches to the ischial spine, and the sacrotuberous ligament, which attaches to the ischial 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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In the ox, the fleshy fibres of the short peroneal arise from a fibrous band which replaces the fibula, and from the external tuberosity of the tibia.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard