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Deltoid muscles

Diagram showing the human deltoid muscles.

The deltoids are the triangular muscles of the shoulder and are used to both twist the arm and to raise it sideways.

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Rights: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Published: 21 June 2007Size: 22.1 KB
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