2024年2月7日 · The scapula (shoulder blade) is one of three bones that make up your shoulder joint. It forms part of your shoulder’s socket and lets you move and use your shoulder. It’s connected to more than a dozen muscles, tendons and ligaments.

2021年8月24日 · Your shoulder muscles surround the top of your arm where it connects to your body’s trunk. Tendons connect your shoulder muscles to bones. These bones include your scapula (shoulder blade), humerus (bone between your …

2024年11月5日 · There are a number of shoulder muscles that provide movement and stability at the shoulder blade. As the upper arm moves, the shoulder blade needs to move smoothly and freely in multiple directions - protraction, retraction, …

2024年4月7日 · These muscles attach to the shoulder blade and the upper arm bone. They are the supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor. The scapula, or shoulder blade, is a flat triangle bone at the back of your body. It sits over ribs two to seven.

2014年12月2日 · Shoulder blades lie behind and medially to the shoulders, over the rib cage on each side of the spine; together with the clavicles, they form the shoulder girdle. They make joints with the upper arm bones (humerus) and collar bones (clavicle) but not with the ribs and spine.

2023年8月8日 · The scapula or shoulder blade is the bone that connects the clavicle to the humerus. The scapula forms the posterior of the shoulder girdle. It is a sturdy, flat, triangular bone. The scapula provides attachment to several groups of muscles.

2023年11月3日 · Muscles of the shoulder are a group of muscles surrounding the shoulder joint, which move and provide support to the said joint. Anterior shoulder muscles, also called the pectoral muscles, attach the upper extremity to the clavicle and the thoracic cage.

2023年12月12日 · Four muscles, namely subscapularis, infraspinatus, teres minor, and supraspinatus, form the rotator cuff, covering the shoulder capsule. The following muscles are enlisted below and categorized based on whether they originate from the scapula or insert into it.

2024年10月1日 · It articulates with the humerus at the glenohumeral joint, and with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint. In doing so, the scapula connects the upper limb to the trunk. It is a triangular, flat bone, which serves as a site for attachment for many (17!) muscles.

2023年9月11日 · The scapula, also known as the shoulder blade, is a flat triangular bone located at the back of the trunk and resides over the posterior surface of ribs two to seven.