Shoulder
Greater tubercle
Tuberculum majus humeri
- How to find it
- Directly lateral and slightly caudal to the lateral border of the acromion, with the arm by the side. Rotate the arm slowly in and out and you feel it turn under your fingers.
- What you use it for
- Attachment of the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor; the site of tenderness in cuff tendinopathy.
- On the bone
- Humerus
- Body region
- Shoulder