prescapular

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Situated in front of the long axis of the shoulder-blade; noting a section of the scapula or shoulder-blade in advance of the spine; supraspinous, with reference to the scapula: the opposite of postscapular: as, the prescapular fossa. See cut under omosternum.
noun The prescapularis or supraspinatus muscle.

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The prescapular, axillary and cubital lymph glands when in a state of inflammation, cause lameness of the front leg, and the superficial inguinal and deep inguinal lymph glands not infrequently become involved also.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
Abscess formation, the result of strangles or other infection in the prescapular glands, may be observed at times.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
Where there is an active and painful inflammation of the prescapular lymph glands and contiguous structures, in some cases of "levator-humeri abscess," the scapulohumeral joint is extended.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
Shoulder lameness may be caused by any one or several of a number of conditions, e.g., fractures of the scapula or humerus; arthritis of the shoulder or elbow joint; luxation of the shoulder or elbow joint (rarely); injuries of muscles and tendons of the region due to strains, contusions or penetrant wounds; paralysis of the brachial plexus or of the prescapular nerve; involvement of lymph glands; arterial thrombosis; metastatic infections; rheumatic disturbances; and as the result of inflammation, infectious or non-infectious occasioned by collar bruises.

Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix