musculus deltoideus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

musculus deltoideus - a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the armdeltoid, deltoid muscleskeletal 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 stripesrotator 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