Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Located above the scapula, as an artery or a nerve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
post-temporal . - Situated above or on the upper part of the scapula; lying or running on the side of the scapula nearest the head; prescapular; proximal or superior with reference to the scapular arch; of or pertaining to the suprascapula. Also
superscapular .
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- adjective anatomy Situated above, or on the
anterior side of, thescapula .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She checks her temper by mentally quizzing herself on the arteries of the upper extremity: right subclavian artery, vertebral artery, suprascapular artery …
The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010
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The suprascapular nerve is rather frequently injured causing partial or complete loss of function of the structures supplied by this nerve, and abduction of the scapulohumeral joint naturally results.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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If serious injury is done the nerve so that it undergoes degenerative changes, there will result atrophy of the muscles that derive their nerve supply from the suprascapular nerve.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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[Illustration: Fig. 7 -- Paralysis of the suprascapular nerve of the left shoulder]
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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-- With partial or complete suspension of function of the suprascapular nerve there results enervation of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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-- The suprascapular (anterior scapular) nerve, a small branch of the brachial plexus, is given off from the anterior portion of this plexus.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Later, as soon as acute inflammation has subsided, vesication of a liberal area around the anteroexternal part of the scapulohumeral joint and over the course of the suprascapular nerve, will stimulate recovery in favorable cases.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The nerves are derived from the axillary and suprascapular.
III. Syndesmology. 6c. Humeral Articulation or Shoulder-joint 1918
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The Superior Transverse Ligament (ligamentum transversum scapulæ superius; transverse or suprascapular ligament).
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This notch is converted into a foramen by the superior transverse ligament, and serves for the passage of the suprascapular nerve; sometimes the ligament is ossified.
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