License Image The joint cavity is surrounded by a loose fitting fibrous articular capsule. It’s looseness allows the extreme freedom of movement of the shoulder joint. The capsule is strengthened by the tendons and ligaments surrounding and blending with it. The coracohumeral, glenohumeral ligaments and the tendons of the supraspinatus and subscapularis muscles all serve […]
shoulder joint
Shoulder Joint LIgaments – Anterior
License Image The shoulder joint ligaments shown are the acromioclavicular ligament, coracoacromial ligament, coracohumeral ligament, coracoclavicular ligament, and the articular capsule or glenohumeral ligaments. Boney structures shown are the Coracoid process of the scapula, the clavicle and the humerus.
Shoulder Joint Ligaments – Posterior
License Image The shoulder joint ligaments shown are the acromioclavicular ligament, coracoclavicular ligament, the superior transverse scapular ligament and the joint capsule or glenohumeral ligaments. Boney structures shown are the acromion of the scapula, the clavicle and the humerus.
Shoulder Joint Cross Section
License Image The glenohumeral or shoulder joint, is a ball and socket joint. It is formed by the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Both are covered by articular cartilage and surrounded by a fibrous articular capsule. The glenoid cartilage thickens at the edge to form the fibrocartilaginous glenoid labrum, […]
