STRUCTURE :

SHOULDER BLADE

IN OUTLINE

FLAT AND THIN BONE

OVER LYING 2ND – 7TH RIBS

BODY:
SUP - TRANSLUCENT
INF - SCAPULAR SPINE
 SCAPULA

BODY PROCESS
POSTERIOR
SURFACES COSTAL
SPINOUS
SUPERIOR
BORDERS LATERAL
ACROMIAN
MEDIAL

INFERIOR CORACOID
ANGLES
SUPERIOR
LATERAL
COSTAL SURFACE POSTERIOR SURFACE
BORDERS:

MEDIAL BORDER

SUPERIOR BORDER

LATERAL BORDER
ANGLES:

SUPERIOR ANGLE

LATERAL ANGLE

INFERIOR ANGLE
PROCESS :

CORACOID PROCESS

ACROMION PROCESS

SPINES PROCESS
IMPORTANT PARTS OF

SCAPULA
COSTAL SURFACE:

CONCAVE

FORM SUBSCAPULAR FOSSA

MEDIAL 2/3 ---------- SUBSCAPULARIS . MUS

PRESENTS 3 – 4 LONGITUDINAL RIDGES

K AA B
POSTERIOR SURFACE:
 CONVEX

 THICK PROJECTING RIDGE ( SPINE OF SCAPULA )

 SPINE CONTINUES laterally

FLAT EXPANDED ACROMION

 DELTOID TUBERCLE -- MEDIAL POIND OF DELTOID

between
 CORACO CLAVICULAR LIG. ---------- SCAPULAR MASS ,
MASS OF FREE LIMB
MEDIAL BORDER:
 THIN

 VERTEBRAL BORDER

5CM LATERAL TO THE SPINOUS PROCESS ( ll l TO

SCAPULA ) OF THE THORACIC VERTEBRA.

 IT EXTENDS FROM SUPERIOR ANGLE UPTO

THE INFERIOR ANGLE
LATERAL BORDER:
PREVENTS BUCKLING OF THIS
THICH BORDER  STRESSBEARING REGION OF THE
SCAPULA

AXILLARY BORDER

SUPEROLATERALLY TO APEX OF THE

AXILLA.

HEAD OF SCAPULA  THICKEST PART

 GLENOID CAVITY IS THE 1ST FEATURE

IT EXTENDS FROM INFERIOR ANGLE TO LATERAL ANGLE

 GLENOID CAVITY:

 LATERAL ANGLE OF THE SCAPULA

( SUPRA LATERALLY )

 JOIN WITH HEAD OF THE HUMERUS

( GH JOINT )

 SHALLOW , CONCAVE , OVAL FOSSA

 SCAPULOHUMARAL RHYTHM

 POSITION :
 ANTERO LATERALLY
 SLIGHTLY SUPERIORLY TO HEAD OF HUMERUS
SUPERIOR BORDER:
 THINNEST AND SHORTEST BORDER.

 SUPRASCAPULAR NOTCH - NEAR CORACOID PROCESS

 SCAPULA  THORACIC WALL  SCAPULO THORACIC JOINT

CORACOID PROCESS:

DIRECTED FORWARDS LATERALLY

 SERVES TO STABILIZE THE SHOULDER JOINT

 SMALL HOOK - LIKE STRUCTURE

 ACROMION PROCESS:

 CONTINUATION OF THE SCAPULAR SPINE

 SITS ABOVE THE HUMERA HEAD , ROTATOR CUFF

TENDONS

 ACROMION FORMS ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOIND ( AC )

SPINOUS PROCESS:
THICK PROJECTING RIDGE
(SPINE OF SCAPULA )

INFRA SPINOUS FOSSA SUPRA SPINOUS FOSSA

(LARGE) (SMALL)

laterally
SPINE CONTINUES ------------ FLAT EXPANDED ACROMION
THE FOLLOWING MUSCLES
ATTACH TO THE SCAPULA
 MUSCLE DIRECTION REGION
Pectoralis Minor insertion coracoid process
Coracobrachialis origin coracoid process
Biceps Brachii origin coracoid process
(short head)

PECTORALIS MINOR CORACOBRACHIALIS BICEPS BRACHII

Rhomboid Major insertion medial border
Rhomboid Minor insertion medial border
Levator Scapulae insertion medial border

RHOMBOID
MUSCLE
LEVATOR
SCAPULAE
Serratus Anterior insertion medial border
Triceps Brachii origin infraglenoid tubercle

SERRATUS
ANTERIOR

TRICEPS
BRACHII
 supraglenoid
Biceps Brachii (long head) origin
tubercle
Subscapularis origin subscapular fossa

BICEPS BRACHII SUPSCAPULARIS

 Trapezius insertion spine of scapula
Deltoid origin spine of scapula
Supraspinatus origin supraspinous fossa

DELTOID
TRAPEZIUS SUPRASPINATUS
Infraspinatus origin infraspinous fossa
Teres Minor origin lateral border
Teres Major origin lateral border

INFRASPINATUS TERES MINOR TERES MAJOR

Latissimus Dorsi
(a few fibers, attachment may be origin inferior angle
absent)

Omohyoid origin superior border

LATISSIMUS DORSI

OMOHYOID
 Movements:
THE SCAPULA CAN PERFORM SIX ACTIONS:
DEPRESSION: lower trapezius

ELEVATION: upper trapezius and levator scapulae

RETRACTION (adduction): rhomboids and middle trapezius

PROTRACTION (abduction): serratus anterior

UPWARD ROTATION: upper and lower trapezius, serratus anterior

DOWNWARD ROTATION: rhomboids, Levator Scapulae, and Pec Minor

 DID YOU KNOW ?

THE SCAPULA OSSIFIES FROM 2 PRIMARY CENTERS

AND 7 OR MORE SECONDARY OSSIFICATION
CENTERS…
PRIMARY CENTERS :

1. ONE OF THE BODY

2. OTHER FOR CORACOID PROCESS