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The lesser tubercle of the humerus is the distal skeletal attachment site for the

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It has an anterior and posterior face. The greater tubercle serves as attachment site for three of the rotator cuff muscles – supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor – they attach to superior, middle and inferior facets respectively. The lesser tubercle is much smaller, and more medially located on the bone

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The lesser tubercle is smaller and more medially located on the bone. It only has an anterior surface. The lesser tubercle provides attachment for the last rotator cuff muscle which is the subscapularis. The intertubercular sulcus Separates the two tubercles.

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