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Humeral head (medicine)


humeral head


The name applied to the heads of forearm muscles that attach to the humerus. Nomina Anatomica lists humeral heads (caput humerale...) of the following: 1) flexor carpli ulnaris muscle (... Musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris ); 2) pronator teres muscle (... Musculi pronatoris teretis ).

Synonym: caput humerale.