This article is about the bone. For the Roman Catholic sacramental pendant, see Scapular. For the Roman Governor of Britain, see Publius Ostorius Scapula.
"Shoulderblade" redirects here. For the community in the United States, see Shoulderblade, Kentucky.
Scapula
Pectoral girdle front diagram.svg
Scapula - posterior view2.png
The upper picture is frontal view of the thorax and shoulder girdle. The lower picture is a posterior view of the thorax (scapula shown in red.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin Scapula
(omo)
MeSH A02.835.232.087.783
Dorlands
/Elsevier s_04/12721810
TA A02.4.01.001
FMA 13394
Anatomical terms of bone
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In anatomy, the scapula (plural scapulae or scapulas)[1] or shoulder blade is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone). Like their connected bones the scapulae are paired, with the scapula on the left side of the body being roughly a mirror image of the right scapula. In early Roman times, people thought the bone resembled a trowel, a small shovel. The shoulder blade is also called omo in Latin medical terminology.
The scapula forms the back of the shoulder girdle. In humans, it is a flat bone, roughly triangular in shape, placed on a posterolateral aspect of the thoracic cage