Scapula

The scapula (plural scapulae or scapulas[1]), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that
connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone). Like their connected
bones, the scapulae are paired, with each scapula on either side of the body being roughly a
mirror image of the other. The name derives from the Classical Latin word for trowel or small
shovel, which it was thought to resemble.
 Scapula

The upper picture is an anterior (from the front) view of the thorax and shoulder girdle. The lower picture
is a posterior (from the rear) view of the thorax (scapula shown in red.)

Details

Identifiers

Latin Scapula

(omo)

MeSH D012540 (https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui

=D012540)

TA98 A02.4.01.001 (http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/Entr

yPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/02.4.
01.001%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm)

TA2 1143 (https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=114

3)

FMA 13394 (https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologie

 s/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpu
rl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma13394)
Anatomical terms of bone

In compound terms, the prefix omo- is used for the shoulder blade in medical terminology. This
prefix is derived from ὦμος (ōmos), the Ancient Greek word for shoulder, and is cognate with the
Latin (h)umerus, which in Latin signifies either the shoulder or the upper arm bone.

The scapula forms the back of the shoulder girdle. In humans, it is a flat bone, roughly triangular
in shape, placed on a posterolateral aspect of the thoracic cage.[2]

Structure

Function

Clinical significance

Etymology

In other animals

Gallery

See also

References

External links
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