Joints & ligaments
Superior transverse scapular ligament
Ligamentum transversum superius scapulae
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Fibrous joints of pectoral girdle
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior transverse ligament (transverse or suprascapular ligament) converts the suprascapular notch into a foramen or opening.
It is a thin and flat fascicle, narrower at the middle than at the extremities, attached by one end to the base of the coracoid process and by the other to the medial end of the scapular notch.
The suprascapular nerve always runs through the foramen; while the suprascapular vessels cross over the ligament in most of the cases.
The suprascapular ligament can become completely or partially ossified.
The ligament also been found to split forming doubled space within the suprascapular notch.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum transversum superius scapulae
- English
- Superior transverse scapular ligament
- French
- Ligament transverse supérieur de la scapula
- Spanish
- Ligamento transverso superior de la escápula
- Portuguese
- Ligamento escapular transverso superior