Scapula
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Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
, the scapula (Medical Latin), omo, or shoulder blade, is the bone
Bone
Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue...
that connects the humerus
Humerus
The humerus is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow....
(upper arm bone) with the clavicle
Clavicle
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is a long bone of short length that serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum. It is the only long bone in body that lies horizontally...
(collar bone).
The scapula forms the posterior (back) located part of the shoulder
Shoulder
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle , the scapula , and the humerus as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The major joint of the shoulder is the glenohumeral joint, which...
girdle. In human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s, it is a flat bone, roughly triangular
Triangle
A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....
in shape, placed on a posterolateral aspect of the thoracic cage.
The costal or ventral surface [Fig.
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