Scapula

Parent Structures

• Bones of the Shoulder

Bone Classification

• Flat

Bony Features

• Acromial Angle
• Acromion
• Clavicular Facet
• Coracoid Process
• Glenoid Fossa
• Inferior Angle
• Infraglenoid Tubercle
• Infraspinous Fossa
• Lateral Border
• Medial Border
• Spine of the Scapula
• Subscapular Fossa
• Superior Angle
• Superior Border
• Supraglenoid Tubercle
• Suprascapular Notch
• Supraspinous Fossa
• Tubercle of the Spine of the Scapula

Associated Joints

• Acromioclavicular
• Glenohumeral
• Scapulothoracic

Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Origin

• Coracoid Process
  • Biceps Brachii - Short Head
  • Coracoacromial Ligament
  • Coracobrachialis
  • Coracohumeral Ligament
• Glenoid Fossa
  • Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament - Glenoid Margin below the notch in it's anterior border and the adjacent anterior border of the glenoid labrum
  • Middle Glenohumeral Ligament - Below the Superior Glenohumeral Ligament
  • Superior Glenohumeral Ligament - From the Upper Part of the Glenoid Margin and adjacent Labrum anterior of the attachmetn of the tendon of the Long Head of Biceps
• Inferior Angle
  • Latissimus Dorsi
  • Teres Major - Dorsal Surface near the Inferior Angle
• Infraglenoid Tubercle
  • Triceps Brachii - Long Head - And the Adjacent Glenoid Labrum
• Infraspinous Fossa
  • Infraspinatus - Medial two-thirds of the Infrapsinous Fossa
• Lateral Border
  • Teres Minor - Upper two-thirds of the Lateral Border of the Scapula
• Spine of the Scapula
  • Deltoid - Lower Lip of the Crest of the Spine of the Scapula
• Subscapular Fossa
  • Subscapularis - Medial two-thirds of the Subscapular Fossa
• Supraglenoid Tubercle
  • Biceps Brachii - Long Head
• Supraspinous Fossa
  • Supraspinatus - Medial two-thirds of the Supraspinous Fossa

Structures Attaching to Bony Features as Insertion

• Acromion
  • Coracoacromial Ligament
  • Trapezius - Medial Border of the Acromion
• Coracoid Process
  • Conoid Part of Coracoclavicular Ligament
  • Pectoralis Minor - Upper Surface and Medial Border
  • Trapezoid Part of Coracoclavicular Ligament
• Lateral Border
  • Serratus Anterior - Costal Surface
• Medial Border
  • Levator Scapulae - Between the Superior Angle and the Base of the Spine
  • Rhomboid Major - Between the Base of the Spine and Inferior Angle
• Spine of the Scapula
  • Rhomboid Minor - Medial Border of the smooth Triangular Area
  • Trapezius - Upper Border of the Crest of the Spine of the Scapula
• Tubercle of the Spine of the Scapula
  • Trapezius - Inferior Edge