Scapula
Bones of the shoulder
Shoulder joints
Ligaments & Stability
Clinical Correlations
100

What is the shallow socket on the scapula that articulates with the head of the humerus?

what is the glenoid cavity (glenoid fossa)? 

100

What is the largest bone of the upper extremity? 

What is the humerus? 

100

Which shoulder joint is the only bony connection between the upper limb and the axial skeleton? 

What is the sternoclavicular (SC) joint? 

100

Which ligament anchors the clavicle to the first rib? 

What is the Costoclavicular ligament 
100

A shoulder separation involves injury to which joint? 

What is the acromioclavicular (AC) joint? 

200

Which process of the scapula forms the highest point of the shoulder? 

What is the acromion?

200

Which end of the clavicle articulates with the sternum?

What is the sternal (medial) end?

200

Which shoulder joint is classified as a ball-and-socket joint? 

What is the glenohumeral joint? 
200
Which ligament is considered the primary stabilizer of the AC joint? 

What is the coracoclavicular ligament? 

200

Which injury commonly occurs after falling directly onto the shoulder? 

What is shoulder separation (AC joint injury)? 

300
Which scapular process serves as an attachment site for numerous muscles and ligaments?

What is the coracoid process?

300

Which end of the clavicle articulates with the acromion? 

What is the acromial (lateral) end? 

300

Which shoulder joint is considered a plane joint? 

What is the acromioclavicular (AC) joint? 

300

Which ligament coverts the suprascapular notch into a foramen?

What is the superior transverse scapular ligament? 
300

What is the common nickname used to describe the glenohumeral joint because of its shallow socket? 

What is a golf ball on a tee? 

400

Which two fossae are separated by the spine of the scapula? 

What are the supraspinous fossa and infraspinous fossa? 

400
What groove lies between the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus? 

What is the intertubercular groove (bicipital groove)?

400

Name the five movements that occur at the sternoclavicular joint. 

What is elevation, depression, protraction, retraction, and rotation?

400

Which ligament helps prevent inferior humeral dislocation? 

What is the superior glenohumeral ligament? 

400

What type of labral tear occurs from superior anterior to posterior? 

What is a SLAP lesion? 

500
The scapula normally sits approximately how many degrees anterior to the frontal plane?

What is 30-45 degrees?

500

Which roughened area on the humerus serves as the attachment site for the deltoid muscle? 

What is the deltoid tuberosity?
500
Which shoulder joint provides the greatest mobility but the least stability? 
What is the glenohumeral joint? 
500

Which structure increases the stability and surface area of the glenoid cavity? 

What is the glenoid labrum? 

500

What type of labral injury commonly occurs with shoulder dislocations and involves the anterior-inferior labrum? 

What is a bankart lesion? 

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