ROTATOR CUFF-SUPRASPINATUS

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SUMMARY

1. O: supraspinous fossa of scapula & deep fascia.
2. I: superior facet of greater tuberosity of humerus.
3. NS: suprascapular n.
4. A: Abducts shoulder (first 30 degrees).
5. A bursa separates it from the lateral 1/4 of the supraspinous fossa.

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Image: Jmarchn [CC BY-SA 3.0], 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.