Shoulder
Nerve and blood supply to supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles
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Shoulder
Nerve and blood supply to supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles
The muscles have been detached from their origins and reflected laterally.
- Supraspinatus muscle (reflected)
- Acromion of scapula
- Infraspinatus muscle (reflected)
- Radial nerve (in background)
- Brachial artery (in background)
- Transverse scapular artery (cut off and displaced superiorly from normal position)
- Upper pointer: Coracoid process of scapula Lower pointer: Superior transverse ligament of scapula
- Medial angle of scapula
- Suprascapular nerve
- Supraspinatus fossa
- Spine of scapula
- Infraspinatus fossa
- Circumflex scapular artery
- Area of origin of teres major muscle