Supraspinatous fascia
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| Supraspinatous fascia | |
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| Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the Triceps brachii. (Fascia not labeled, but Supraspinatus visible at top right.) | |
| Latin | fascia supraspinata |
| Gray's | subject #123 440 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_14/12376748 |
The supraspinatous 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.
It is thick medially, but thinner laterally under the coracoacromial ligament.
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