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Rotator cuff
Group of muscles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the human shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the seven scapulohumeral muscles, four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are:
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Rotator cuff | |
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Details | |
Artery | Suprascapular artery, circumflex scapular artery[1] |
Nerve | Subscapular nerve, suprascapular nerve, axillary nerve |
Lymph | Axillary lymph nodes |
Identifiers | |
Acronym(s) | SITS muscle |
MeSH | D017006 |
TA2 | 2461 |
FMA | 37018 |
Anatomical terminology |
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