spine of scapula
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Spine of scapula — Infobox Bone Name = Spine of scapula Latin = spina scapulae GraySubject = 50 GrayPage = 203 Caption = Left scapula. Lateral view. (Spine labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Left scapula. Dorsal surface. (Spine labeled at center top, projecting… … Wikipedia
spine of the scapula — n a projecting triangular bony process on the dorsal surface of the scapula that divides it obliquely into the area of origin of parts of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles and that terminates in the acromion … Medical dictionary
Scapula — Infobox Bone Name = Scapula Latin = GraySubject = 50 GrayPage = 202 Caption = Caption2 = Posterior view of the thorax and shoulder girdle. (Scapula visible at either side.) Articulations = MeshName = Scapula MeshNumber = A02.835.232.087.783… … Wikipedia
Scapula — The shoulder blade (or wingbone ), the familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. The word scapula (with the accent on the first syllable) is Latin. The Romans always employed the plural scapulae , the shoulder blades. Because the … Medical dictionary
Spine — 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine can be categorized according to level of the body: i.e., cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (upper and middle back), and lumbar spine… … Medical dictionary
scapula — /skap yeuh leuh/, n., pl. scapulas, scapulae / lee /. 1. Anat. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade. See diags. under shoulder, skeleton. 2. Zool. a dorsal bone of the pectoral… … Universalium
scapula — n.; pl. scapulas or scapulae the shoulder blade: a triangular bone, a pair of which form the back part of the shoulder girdle. The spine on its dorsal (back) surface ends at the acromion process at the top of the shoulder. This process turns… … The new mediacal dictionary
Medial border of scapula — Bone: Medial border of scapula Left scapula. Dorsal surface. Medial border not labeled, but extends on the right side from the Medial angle visible at upper right to the Inferior angle labeled at the bottom … Wikipedia
Inferior transverse ligament of scapula — Infobox Ligament Name = Inferior transverse ligament of scapula Latin = ligamentum transversum scapulae inferius GraySubject = 82 GrayPage = 317 Caption = Left scapula. Lateral view. (Ligament not visible, but sites of attachements of the… … Wikipedia
Superior angle of scapula — Bone: Superior angle of scapula Left scapula. Dorsal surface. (Medial angle labeled at upper right.) Latin angulus superior scapulae Gray s … Wikipedia
