Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior border of scapula
Margo superior scapulae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Scapula
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior border is the shortest and thinnest; it is concave, and extends from the superior angle to the base of the coracoid process.
It is referred to as the cranial border in animals.
At its lateral part 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.
The adjacent part of the superior border affords attachment to the omohyoideus.
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Names
- Latin
- Margo superior scapulae
- English
- Superior border of scapula
- French
- Bord supérieur de la scapula
- Spanish
- Margen superior de la escápula
- Portuguese
- Borda superior da escápula