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SUBACROMIAL SPACE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A region of the shoulder that is bordered by the so-called subacromial joint - a joint made up by the humerus and a superior arch, consisting of the acromion process and the coracoid process of the scapula, joined by the coraco-acromial ligament. This arch is lined by the synovium of the subacromial bursa. In the subacromial space runs the rotator cuff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations

Spanish

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