Scapula (Shoulder Blade) vocab

Question 1

Flat, triangular area that has 3 borders.

Answer 1

Body

Question 2

Margin farthest away from MSP.

Adjacent to axilla.

Answer 2

Lateral Border (Axillary)

Question 3

Top of scapula.

Answer 3

Superior Border (Upper)

Question 4

Margin closest to MSP and spine.

Answer 4

Medial Border (Vertebral)

Question 5

Notch on superior border close to lateral end.

Answer 5

Scapular Notch

Question 6

Where the superior and medial borders meet.

Answer 6

Medial Angle

Question 7

Where the medial and lateral borders meet.

Answer 7

Inferior Angle

Question 8

Where the superior and lateral borders meet.

Forms the head of scapula.

Answer 8

Lateral Angle

Question 9

Narrow ridge of bone that projects posteriorly from the dorsal surface of the body.

Answer 9

Spine

Question 10

Flat rounded lateral end of the spine.

Unites with the clavicle to form AC joints.

Answer 10

Acromion

Question 11

Poorly formed and slightly expanded lateral part of scapula.

Answer 11

Head

Question 12

Oval depression on the lateral surface of the head of the scapula.
Where the head of humerus will fit to form the shoulder joint.

Answer 12

Glenoid Fossa

Question 13

Slightly constricted part continuous with the upper part of body between the body and head.

Answer 13

Neck

Question 14

Beak-like process projecting anteriorly from the anterior border of the neck of the scapula.
Under the clavicle.
Occasionally palpable.

Answer 14

Coracoid Process

Question 15

Depression above the spine.

Answer 15

Supraspinatus Fossa

Question 16

Depression below the spine

Answer 16

Infraspinatus Fossa