Bone: Intertubercular groove
Left humerus. Anterior view. (Intertubercular groove visible at top.)
Latin	sulcus intertubercularis humeri
Gray's	subject #51 209

The tubercles of the humerus are separated from each other by a deep groove, the intertubercular groove (bicipital groove, sulcus intertubercular), which lodges the long tendon of the Biceps brachii and transmits a branch of the anterior humeral circumflex artery to the shoulder-joint.

It runs obliquely downward, and ends near the junction of the upper with the middle third of the bone.

It is the lateral wall of the axilla.^[1]

[edit] See also

• radial groove

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 03:st-0204

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