| Lets learn about human shoulder anatomy and its | | | | serratus anterior, the levator scapulae, the pectoralis |
| functions, or shoulder physiology if you will. Below is a | | | | minor, the sternocleidomastoid, the rhomboid minor and |
| short list of facts about the anatomy of the shoulder. | | | | the rhomboid major muscle. |
| 1. The human shoulder is defined as the group of | | | | 4. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles that is |
| structures around the shoulder joint (its scientific name | | | | designed to help control arm rotation and stabilization |
| is the glenohumeral joint). The shoulder joint is the part | | | | of the human shoulder. The muscles that make the |
| where the shoulder blade(known as scapula) and the | | | | rotator cuff are the teres minor muscle, the |
| bone in the upper arm(known as humerus) connect. | | | | supraspinatus muscle, the subscapularis muscle and |
| 2. There are three bones in each of our shoulders, that | | | | the infraspinatus muscle. |
| is the scapula, humerus and also the | | | | 5. Perhaps the most interesting part of human shoulder |
| collarbone(scientifically called clavicle). | | | | anatomy is the shoulders mobility and wide range of |
| 3. Lets talk about shoulder muscle anatomy. The | | | | motion. No other joint is as movable as the shoulder |
| shoulder uses 30 muscles, and the largest muscle is | | | | joint. The minus side of this is that it is more easily |
| the deltoid muscle. The most important muscles | | | | injured than any other joint in the human body. |
| responsible for controlling the shoulder are the | | | | These were just some facts about shoulder anatomy. |
| following; the deltoid, the trapezius, the subclavius, the | | | | |