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suprascapular

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suprascapular /su·pra·scap·u·lar/ (-skap´u-ler) above the scapula.
su·pra·scap·u·lar (spr-skpy-lr)
adj.
Located above the scapula, as an artery or a nerve.
suprascapular [soo″prah-skap´u-lar]
above the scapula.
suprascapular
above the scapula.
suprascapular neuropathy
suprascapular paralysis.
suprascapular paralysis
paralysis of the suprascapular nerve that leads to atrophy of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles; usually due to trauma. Called also slipped shoulder, sweeney, equine suprascapular neuropathy.
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A potential risk is contact with the suprascapular nerve and the circumflex scapular vessels.
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Further detail is provided in Gray's Anatomy (Standring 2005), which states that the clavicle, subclavius, SCM and omohyoid, lateral part of the carotid sheath, phrenic nerve, transverse cervical, suprascapular and ascending cervical arteries, subclavian vein, prevertebral fascia, and phrenic nerve are all anterior to scalenus anterior.
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Hollinshead (2) further reported that external jugular vein usually receives the transverse cervical vein and suprascapular vein.
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