Landmark · Skeletal system
Supraglenoid tubercle
Tuberculum supraglenoideum
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Scapula
DescriptionUnreviewed
The supraglenoid tubercle is a region of the scapula from which the long head of the biceps brachii muscle originates.
It is a small, rough projection superior to the glenoid cavity near the base of the coracoid process.
The term supraglenoid is from the Latin supra, meaning above, and glenoid, meaning socket or cavity.
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Names
- Latin
- Tuberculum supraglenoideum
- English
- Supraglenoid tubercle
- French
- Tubercule supraglénoïdal
- Spanish
- Tubérculo supraglenoideo
- Portuguese
- Tubérculo supraglenoidal