Landmark · Skeletal system
Supraspinous fossa
Fossa supraspinata
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Scapula
DescriptionUnreviewed
The supraspinous fossa (supraspinatus fossa, supraspinatous fossa) of the posterior aspect of the scapula (the shoulder blade) is smaller than the infraspinous fossa, concave, smooth, and broader at its vertebral than at its humeral end.
Its medial two-thirds give origin to the Supraspinatus.
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Names
- Latin
- Fossa supraspinata
- English
- Supraspinous fossa
- French
- Fosse supra-épineuse
- Spanish
- Fosa supra-espinosa
- Portuguese
- Fossa supraespinhosa