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Acromion

Acromion Process

Anterior angle of scapula

Axillary border of scapula

Body of scapula

Coracoid process

Glenoid cavity

Inferior angle of scapula

Infraglenoid tubercle

Infraspinous fossa

Lateral angle of scapula

Lateral border of scapula

Medial angle of scapula

Medial border of scapula

Spine of scapula

Subscapular fossa

Superior angle of scapula

Superior border of scapula

Supraglenoid tubercle

Supraspinous fossa

Vertebral border of scapula

Superior border = a structural feature on the scapula, which is also known as the "shoulder blade" or "shoulder bone".

The scapula is a triangular bone. Triangles have 3 angles and 3 sides.
The 3 angles of the scapula bone are located towards the upper, lower and lateral (= axillary) surfaces of the scapula. The 3 "sides" of the approximately triangular shape of the scapula bone are not straight (as per strict mathematical triangles) but are curved and are called "borders".

The 3 borders of the scapula are :

• the superior border of the scapula - described on this page.
• the medial border of the scapula (also known as the vertebral border of the scapula), and
• the axillary border of the scapula (also known as the lateral border of the scapula).

The superior border of the scapula is concave (see the diagrams of the posterior surface of the scapula, below and further-below-left) and extends from the superior angle of the scapula to the coracoid process. It is the shortest and thinnest of the three borders of the scapula.

At the lateral (axillary) extreme of the superior border of the scapula there is a deep semi-circular notch called the suprascapula notch, the lateral side of which is formed by the base of the coracoid process. This notch allows the suprascapular nerve to pass above/through the scapula bone protected by the surrounding bone structure. The lateral part of the superior border (adjacent to the suprascapula notch) is one surface of attachment of the omohyoid muscle, whose point of insertion is the tendons and fascia attached to the clavicle (bone) and first rib.

For more information about this and related topics see the links to other features on the scapula bone listed on the left and the pages about the scapula bone and about bone markings and features on bones.