DELTOID MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deltoid muscle mean? 

• DELTOID MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun DELTOID MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

  Familiarity information: DELTOID MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELTOID MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

deltoid; deltoid muscle; musculus deltoideus

Hypernyms ("deltoid muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Holonyms ("deltoid muscle" is a part of...):

rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)

 Context examples 

The deltoid muscle is innervated by the brachial plexus arising from the fifth and sixth cervical nerves and controls abduction, extension, flexion, and rotation of the arm.

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