Infraglenoid tubercle

Infraglenoid tubercle

Lateral view of left scapula
(infraglenoid tubercle labeled at center right)
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Identifiers
Latin Tuberculum infraglenoidale
Dorlands
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t_21/12828891
TA A02.4.01.021
FMA 23266

Anatomical terms of bone

The infraglenoid tubercle is the part of the scapula from which the long head of the triceps brachii originates. The infraglenoid tubercle is a tubercle located on the lateral part of the scapula, inferior to (below) the glenoid cavity. The name infraglenoid tubercle refers to its location below the glenoid cavity.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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