Scapula – supraspinous fossa

Scapula - supraspinous fossa

Anatomy

The dorsal (posterior, back) of the flat triangular part of the scapula, above the spine of the scapula which projects posteriorly below, making a fossa (there is a bigger supraspinous fossa below. Gives origin to supraspinatus.

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