tuberosity

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The deltoid tuberosity is a roughened, V-shaped region located on the lateral side in the middle of the humerus shaft.

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

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Inferior to this point on the medial side is the radial tuberosity, an oval-shaped, bony protuberance that serves as a muscle attachment point.

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You can feel the ischial tuberosity if you wiggle your pelvis against the seat of a chair.

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Each rib, at its vertebral extremity, presents, from within outwards, a wedge-shaped head for articulation with two dorsal vertebræ, a neck, and a tuberosity.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard