L4.8.2.1.1.1: Scapula

• SCAPULA

  ● Shoulder blades

  ● First part of the pectoral girdle

  ● Bone that connects the clavicle to the humerus

  ● Forms the posterior of the shoulder girdle

  ● Sturdy, flat, triangular bone
• ANTERIOR PARTS OF THE SCAPULA

  • Coracoid process: Break-like bone
  • Glenoid cavity: Socket that receives the head of the humerus
  • Suprascapular notch: Serves as a passage of nerves
  • Superior border
  • Medial (vertebral) border
  • Lateral (axillary) border
  • Superior angle
  • Inferior angle
  • Lateral angle
• POSTERIOR PARTS OF THE SCAPULA

  • Acromion: Enlarged, lateral end of the spine of the scapula, Connects the scapula with the clavicle laterally
  • Spine: Serves as attachment for several muscles
  • Coracoid process
  • Glenoid cavity
  • Medial border
  • Lateral border
• Posterior view of the right scapula

  1. superior angle
  2. spine
  3. medial border
  4. suprascapular notch
  5. coracoid process
  6. acromion
  7. glenoid cavity at lateral angle
  8. lateral border

  A) 1-3

  B) 4-5

  C) 6

  D) 7

  E) 8

  
• Anterior view of the right scapula

  1. coracoid process
  2. glenoid cavity
  3. lateral angle
  4. lateral (axillary) border
  5. acromion
  6. suprascapular notch
  7. superior border
  8. superior angle
  9. medial (vertebral) border
  10. inferior angle

  A) 1-3

  B) 4

  C) 5-6

  D) 7

  E) 8

  F) 9-10