Muscle Name: Anterior Deltoid

Medical Name:

• Anterior Deltoid

Other Names:

• Front Deltoid
• Anterior Deltoid Muscle

Head:

• None (Anterior part of the deltoid muscle group)

Movement:

• Flexion of the shoulder
  • Raising the arm forward
• Medial rotation of the shoulder
  • Rotating the arm inward
• Horizontal adduction of the shoulder
  • Moving the arm across the body

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Lateral third of the clavicle
• Insertion:
  • Deltoid tuberosity of the humerus

Related Muscles:

• Middle Deltoid
• Posterior Deltoid
• Pectoralis Major
• Biceps Brachii

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