superior angle of scapula

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su·pe·ri·or an·gle of scap·u·la

[TA]

formerly named the medial angle, it lies at the junction of the superior and medial borders of the bone.

Synonym(s): angulus superior scapulae [TA]

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su·pe·ri·or an·gle of scap·u·la

(sŭ-pēr'ē-ŏr ang'gĕl skap'yū-lă) [TA]

Angle at the junction of the superior and medial borders of the scapula
Synonym(s): angulus superior scapulae [TA] .

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During exposure of posterior triangle of neck, we observed long thin belly of a muscle superficial to brachial plexus and subclavian vessels, which shared a common origin with subclavius muscle anteriorly, while posteriorly this muscle was attached to superior angle of scapula, medial to the attachment of inferior belly of omohyoid.

A band of non-enhancing tissue stretching from the first costal cartilage to the superior angle of scapula, iso-intense to the adjacent muscles in the presence of a normal subclavius muscle are the classical MRI features of subclavius posticus muscle [8].

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