Bone: Infraspinatous fossa
Left scapula. Dorsal surface. ("Infra-spinatous" fossa visible at bottom right.)
Latin	fossa infraspinata
Gray's	subject #50 203

The infraspinatous fossa (infraspinatus fossa, infraspinous fossa) of the scapula is much larger than the supraspinatous fossa; toward its vertebral margin a shallow concavity is seen at its upper part; its center presents a prominent convexity, while near the axillary border is a deep groove which runs from the upper toward the lower part.

The medial two-thirds of the fossa give origin to the Infraspinatus; the lateral third is covered by this muscle.

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Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from .

[edit] External links

• SUNY Figs 03:01-10

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