. Quain's Elements of anatomy. xviii, 277. THE SHOULDER-JOIXT. 167 capsule is likewise interrupted opposite the bicipital groove, to give passage to thelong tendon of the biceps muscle. The coraco-liTimeral ligament is a strong wide band extending obliquely overthe upper part of the articulation ; it springs from the root and outer border of thecoracoid process beneath the coraco-acromial ligament, and thence passes to theneck of the humerus above the great tuberosity, being intimately connected Aviththe capsule. Tlie coraco-humeral lig-ament represents a detached portion of the tendon of the
. Quain's Elements of anatomy. xviii, 277. THE SHOULDER-JOIXT. 167 capsule is likewise interrupted opposite the bicipital groove, to give passage to thelong tendon of the biceps muscle. The coraco-liTimeral ligament is a strong wide band extending obliquely overthe upper part of the articulation ; it springs from the root and outer border of thecoracoid process beneath the coraco-acromial ligament, and thence passes to theneck of the humerus above the great tuberosity, being intimately connected Aviththe capsule. Tlie coraco-humeral lig-ament represents a detached portion of the tendon of the pectoralisminor muscle. There is sometimes a small band passing from the coracoid process with thisligament to the upper and hinder margin of the head of the scapula, and known as theeoraco-glcnoid Iigniiioit. Gleno-humeral lig-aments.—These are three bands of fibres in the inner and fore part oithe capsule, which project towards the interior of the joint, and are best seen when the SUPRASCAP. An SUPRASCAP ^IGT SUBSCAPULAHli. Fig. 193.—Right shoulder-joint openkd fkom jsehinu, to shuw Tiiii (G. D. T.) The hinder part of the capsule lias been removed, the head of tlie humerus sawn off, and the tendon•of the biceps divided near its origin. articulation is opened from behind. The .viprvior extends from the upper end of the anteriormargin of the glenoid cavity, along the inner edge of the biceps tendon, to the inner marginof the upper end of the bicipital groove, where there is sometimes a notch in the edgeof the articular surface: it is supposed to represent the interarticular ligament ofthe hip-joint. The mhldlc springs from the glenoid margin with the foregoing, directefi downwards and outwards to the inner side of the small tuberosity of thehumerus, forming the lower boundary of the aperture through wliich the synovial membranereaches the tendon of the subscapularis muscle. And the i/i/rrior. the strongest of the three,takes a similar c
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