Superior angle of scapula

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Bone: Superior angle of scapula
Left scapula. Dorsal surface. (Medial angle labeled at upper right.)
Latin	angulus superior scapulae
Gray's	subject #50 206
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_42/12136388

The superior angle of the scapula (or medial angle), formed by the junction of the superior and vertebral borders, is thin, smooth, rounded, inclined somewhat lateralward, and gives attachment to a few fibers of the Levator scapulae.

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