scapula
In 16 atlases
- Adult male (BodyParts3D)
- Real CT case s0462: female, 77
- Real CT case s0616: male, 58
- Real CT case s0751: male, 62
- Real CT case s0923: female, 41
- Real CT case s0963: female, 58
and 10 more
- Real CT case s1249: female, 93
- Real CT case s1397: male, 73
- Real CT case s1580: male, 9
- Real CT case s1784: male, 33
- Real CT case s1789: female, 21
- Real CT case s2043: male, 15
- Real CT case s2075: female, 5
- Right upper limb (Open3DModel)
- Male torso and inner organs (Voxel-Man, Visible Human)
- Adult male, detailed (Z-Anatomy)
Key points
- The scapula is a broad, thin bone that lies against the back of the chest wall.
- Its glenoid cavity forms the shoulder joint with the head of the humerus, while its acromion joins the clavicle.
- The scapular spine separates the posterior surface into the supraspinous and infraspinous fossae.
- Muscles hold the scapula against the chest wall and move it to position the shoulder joint during arm movement.
Definition
Endochondral bone that is dorsoventrally compressed and provides attachment site for muscles of the pectoral appendage.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 1143
- TA98
- A02.4.01.001
- FMA
- 13394
- UBERON
- 0006849
- Wikidata
- Q16336