Supraspinous fascia

Summary

The supraspinous fascia completes the osseofibrous case in which the supraspinatus muscle is contained; it affords attachment, by its deep surface, to some of the fibers of the muscle.

Supraspinous fascia
Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the triceps brachii. (Fascia not labeled, but supraspinatus visible at top right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinfascia supraspinata
TA98A04.6.02.007
TA22538
FMA38353
Anatomical terminology
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It is thick medially, but thinner laterally under the coracoacromial ligament.

References edit

  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 440 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)