deltoid

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All of the X-Men were strong, their muscles etched from deltoid to abdomen to quadriceps.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

He dislocated an ankle, broke his fibula and tore the deltoid ligament in his right leg last year in a 27-7 victory over Iowa, knocking him out for the rest of the season.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty received an MRI, revealing an isolated deltoid strain.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

The deltoid, the thick muscle that creates the rounded lines of the shoulder is the major abductor of the arm, but it also facilitates flexing and medial rotation, as well as extension and lateral rotation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

They would aim for the muscle that Tariq, in a professorial voice, called the deltoid.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini