subscapularis muscle
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Key facts
- Origin
- Subscapular fossa
- Insertion
- Lesser tubercle of humerus
- Artery
- Subscapular artery
- Nerve
- Upper subscapular nerve , lower subscapular nerve ( C5 , C6 )
- Actions
- Internally rotates and adducts humerus ; stabilizes shoulder
- Latin
- musculus subscapularis
- Ta98
- A04.6.02.012
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Subscapularis muscle animation3.gif
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- arterial supply
- Circumflex scapular artery
- muscle insertion
- lesser tubercle
- Commons category
- Subscapularis muscles
- innervated by
- upper subscapular nerve
- muscle origin
- subscapular fossa
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Encyclopedic overview
The subscapularis is a large triangular muscle which fills the subscapular fossa and inserts into the lesser tubercle of the humerus and the front of the capsule of the shoulder-joint.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “subscapularis muscle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.