Landmark · Skeletal system
Scapular notch
Incisura scapulae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Scapula
DescriptionUnreviewed
At the lateral part of the superior border of the scapula is a deep, semicircular notch, the scapular notch, formed partly by the base of the coracoid process.
This notch is converted into a foramen by the superior transverse scapular ligament, and serves for the passage of the suprascapular nerve; sometimes the ligament is ossified.
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Names
- Latin
- Incisura scapulae
- English
- Scapular notch
- French
- Incisure scapulaire
- Spanish
- Incisura escapular
- Portuguese
- Incisura escapular