Capsule of shoulder-joint (distended). Anterior aspect. (Superior transverse ligament visible at upper right.)
The left shoulder and acromioclavicular joints, and the proper ligaments of the scapula.
Details
From
Coracoid process
To
Suprascapular notch
Identifiers
Latin
ligamentum transversum scapulae superius
TA98
A03.5.01.003
TA2
1741
FMA
25950
Anatomical terminology
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The superior transverse ligament (transverse or suprascapular ligament[1]) converts the suprascapular notch into a foramen or opening.
It is a thin and flat fascicle, narrower at the middle than at the extremities, attached by one end to the base of the coracoid process and by the other to the medial end of the scapular notch.
The suprascapular nerve always runs through the foramen; while the suprascapular vessels cross over the ligament in most of the cases.[2][3]
The suprascapular ligament can become completely or partially ossified. The ligament also been found to split forming doubled space within the suprascapular notch.[4]
^Al-Redouan, Azzat; Kachlik, David (2022). "Scapula revisited: new features identified and denoted by terms using consensus method of Delphi and taxonomy panel to be implemented in radiologic and surgical practice". J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 31 (2): e68-e81. doi:10.1016/j.jse.2021.07.020. PMID 34454038.
^Polguj, Michał; Rożniecki, Jacek; Sibiński, Marcin; Grzegorzewski, Andrzej; Majos, Agata; Topol, Mirosław (215). "The variable morphology of suprascapular nerve and vessels at suprascapular notch: a proposal for classification and its potential clinical implications". Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 23 (5): 1542–1548. doi:10.1007/s00167-014-2937-1. PMC 4555201. PMID 24633009.
^Al-Redouan, Azzat; Holding, Keiv; Kachlik, David (2021). ""Suprascapular canal": Anatomical and topographical description and its clinical implication in entrapment syndrome". Annals of Anatomy. 233: 151593. doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151593. PMID 32898658.
^Michał, Polguj; Marcin, Sibiński; Andrzej, Grzegorzewski; Michał, Waszczykowski; Agata, Majos; Mirosław, Topol (2014). "Morphological and radiological study of ossified superior transverse scapular ligament as potential risk factor of suprascapular nerve entrapment". BioMed Research International. 2014: 613601. doi:10.1155/2014/613601. PMC 3996327. PMID 24804224.
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