deltopectoral crest

A rough elevation at the middle of the lateral side of the shaft of the humerus to which the deltoid muscle attaches. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the deltopectoral crest is

A rough elevation at the middle of the lateral side of the shaft of the humerus to which the deltoid muscle attaches. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the deltopectoral crest is

It sits in the upper limb, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the deltopectoral crest connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of humerus diaphysis and skeletal element.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the deltopectoral crest. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as crista ventralis, deltoid crest, deltoid eminence, deltoid impression, deltoid tuberosity and deltoid tuberosity of humerus, and 6 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002498, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: humerus diaphysis and skeletal element.
• A kind of: anatomical projection and tubercle.
• Attaches to: deltoid.
• contributes to morphology of: humerus.
• inserts into: deltoid.

Questions

Where is the deltopectoral crest?

It sits in the upper limb, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the deltopectoral crest connect to?

Part of: humerus diaphysis and skeletal element.

Is the deltopectoral crest the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.