Anatomy Atlases: Atlas of Human Anatomy: Plate 5: Figure 5

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Atlas of Human Anatomy

The left scapula seen from the front and outside.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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The left scapula seen from the front and outside.

a) Glenoid cavity (for the head of the humerus).
b) Glenoid lip.
c) Lateral border.
d) Inferior angle.
e) Scapular spine.
f) Acromion.
g) Supraspinous fossa.
h) Superior angle.
i) Coracoid process.
k) Tuberosity, for the long head of m. biceps brachii (neck of scapula).
l) Subscapular fossa.

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