SHOULDER JOINT-LIGAMENTS

SUMMARY

1. Capsular ligaments: superior gleno-humeral (lies supeior), middle gleno-humeral (lies anterior), inferior gleno-humeral (capacious, has anterior & posterior bands)

2. Transverse humeral ligament: extends across the bicipital groove to stabilise the long head of the biceps tendon

3. Coracohumeral ligament: stabilises the intra-articular portion of the biceps tendon

4. Coracoacromial ligament: involved in the supraspinatus arch

5. Coracoclavicular ligaments: conoid & trapezoid ligaments



Image: Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 23 Apr. 2019].

Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.