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24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
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Pectoral girdle |
Shoulder complex |
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Border |
Edge of a bone |
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Medial border (scapula) |
Vertebral border |
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Lateral border (scapula) |
Axillary border |
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Angle |
Two borders coming together |
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3 scapula angles |
Superior angle Inferior angle Spine of the scapula |
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Fossa |
Depression or dent in a bone |
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Subscapular fossa |
Under the scapula (anterior surface) |
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Supraspinous fossa |
Above the spine (posterior) |
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Infraspinous fossa |
Below the spine (posterior) |
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Glenoid fossa (cavity) |
Shoulder socket |
Most lateral of all the fossa's |
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Tubercle |
Small rounded process |
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2 tubercles of the scapula |
Supraglenoid tubercle Infraglenoid tubercle |
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Process |
Prominent bony growth |
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2 processes of the scapula |
Acromion process Coracoid process |
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Head |
Rounded projection at the end of a bone |
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Head of the humerus |
Greater tubercle (lateral) Lesser tubercle (medial) |
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Sulcus |
Ditch like groove |
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Intertubercular groove or Bicipital sulcus |
Crest of the greater tubercle Crest of the lesser tubercle |
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Tuberosity |
Large, rounded, usually rough headed protuberance |
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Deltoid tuberosity |
Halfway down on the lateral side |
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Acromial end of the clavicle |
Connects clavicle to the scapula (lateral) |
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Sternal end of the clavicle |
Connects clavicle to sternum (medial) |
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Aponeurosis |
Broad sheet of connective tissue |
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