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Supraglenoid tubercle
Left scapula. Lateral view. (Supraglenoid tubercle labeled at top center.)
Details
Identifiers
Latintuberculum supraglenoidale
TA98A02.4.01.020
TA21163
FMA23263
Anatomical terms of bone

The supraglenoid tubercle is a region of the scapula to which the long head of the biceps brachii muscle attaches. It is a small, rough projection just superior to the Glenoid cavity near the base of the coracoid process. The term supraglenoid is from the Latin supra meaning above and glenoid meaning socket or cavity.[1]

Related Pathology: Biceps Tendonitis originates on the long head of the biceps brachii at the supraglenoid tubercle in 30% of cases. The symptom is generally anterior biceps instability but the disease can also be characterized by chronic anterior shoulder pain which radiates towards the lateral part of the elbow.[2] In cases of Biceps Tendonitis steroids can be injected flouroscopically at the supraglenoid tubercle to reduce pain associated with the pathology.[3]

References

  1. ^ brainSPIN. "Structure Detail". anatomyEXPERT. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ^ "Biceps Tendonitis". Eorif.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  3. ^ Mitra, Raj; Nguyen, Andrew; Stevens, Kathryn J. (2011). "Fluoroscopically Guided Supraglenoid Tubercle Steroid Injections for the Management of Biceps Tendonitis". Pain Practice. 11 (4): 392–6. doi:10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00424.x. PMID 21114615.


Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 205 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)