Great scapular notch
| Great scapular notch | |
|---|---|
 Left scapula. Dorsal surface. Great scapular notch shown in red. | |
 Great scapular notch shown in red. | |
The great scapular notch (or spinoglenoid notch)is a notch which serves to connect the supraspinatous fossa and infraspinatous fossa.
Suprascapular artery and suprascapular nerve pass around the great scapular notch.
Additional images
-
Left scapula. Great scapular notch shown in red.
-
Animation. Great scapular notch shown in red.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
See also
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great scapular notch. |
- Anatomy photo:05:os-0211 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Axillary Region: Scapula (Left)"
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 20, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.