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Supraspinous fascia

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Supraspinous fascia
Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the triceps brachii. (Fascia not labeled, but supraspinatus visible at top right.)
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Identifiers
Latinfascia supraspinata
TA98A04.6.02.007
TA22538
FMA38353
Anatomical terminology

The supraspinous fascia completes the osseofibrous case in which the supraspinatus muscle is contained; it affords attachment, by its deep surface, to some of the fibers of the muscle.

It is thick medially, but thinner laterally under the coracoacromial ligament.

References

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 440 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)