Great scapular notch

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Great scapular notch

Left scapula. Dorsal surface. Great scapular notch shown in red.

Great scapular notch shown in red.
Gray's	p.203

The great scapular notch (or spinoglenoid notch)is a notch which serves to connect the supraspinatous fossa and infraspinatous fossa.

Suprascapular artery and suprascapular nerve pass around the great scapular notch.

Additional images

Left scapula. Great scapular notch shown in red.
Animation. Great scapular notch shown in red.

References

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

See also

Suprascapular notch

External links

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Bones of upper limbs (TA A02.4, GA 2.200–230)

Pectoral girdle, clavicle

fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous)
notches (suprascapular, great scapular)
glenoid cavity

tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid)
spine of scapula
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coracoid process

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intertubercular sulcus

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trochlea
epicondyles (lateral, medial)
supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial)
fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

radius: upper extremity (head, tuberosity)
body
lower extremity (ulnar notch, styloid process)

ulna: upper extremity (tuberosity, olecranon, coronoid process, radial notch, trochlear notch)
body
lower extremity (head, styloid process)

phalanges of the hand: proximal
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