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Bone: Supraglenoid tubercle

Left scapula. Lateral view. (Supraglenoid tubercle labeled at center right.)
Latin	tuberculum supraglenoidale
Gray's	subject #50 205

The supraglenoid tubercle is a region of the scapula to which the long head of the biceps brachii muscle attaches.

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lesson1bonesofpostshoulder at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
radiographsul at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (xrayleftshoulder)
SUNY Labs 03:os-0115

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v • d • e Bones of upper limbs (TA A02.4, GA 2.200-230)

Pectoral girdle, clavicle	conoid tubercle · trapezoid line · costal tuberosity · subclavian groove

Scapula	fossae (subscapular, supraspinatous, infraspinatous) · suprascapular notch · glenoid cavity tubercles (infraglenoid, supraglenoid) · spine of scapula · acromion · coracoid process borders (superior, lateral/axillary, medial/vertebral) · angles (superior, inferior, lateral)

Humerus	upper extremity: necks (anatomical, surgical) · tubercles (greater, lesser) · intertubercular sulcus body: radial sulcus · deltoid tuberosity lower extremity: capitulum · trochlea · epicondyles (lateral, medial) · supracondylar ridges (lateral, medial) · fossae (radial, coronoid, olecranon)

Forearm	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)

Hand	carpus: scaphoid · lunate · triquetral · pisiform · trapezium · trapezoid · capitate · hamate (hamulus) metacarpus: 1st metacarpal · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th phalanges of the hand: proximal · intermediate · distal

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