Rotator cuff shoulder surgery, illustration. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that stabilize the shoulder. The shoulder joint is see

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Rotator cuff shoulder surgery, illustration. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that stabilize the shoulder. The shoulder joint is seen from the side here, looking down on the head of the humerus as it articulates with the glenoid socket of the scapula (shoulder blade). The muscles being reattached by sutures here are the supraspinatus and infraspinatus.

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Photo credit: © MAURIZIO DE ANGELIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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