MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUB
Locate spine on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.
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Scapula: labelled teaching diagram. Original labels and colours retained.
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Scapula
Understand what you see.
Provides a mobile base for the shoulder and muscle attachment.
Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.
How to recognise it.
- A flat triangular bone on the posterior thoracic wall
- The spine is posterior and the glenoid cavity faces laterally
- The coracoid projects anteriorly
Point them out.
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Think first. Then reveal.
Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.
01How would you identify scapula?+
A flat triangular bone on the posterior thoracic wall. The spine is posterior and the glenoid cavity faces laterally. The coracoid projects anteriorly.
02What articulates with the glenoid cavity?+
The head of the humerus; the glenoid labrum deepens this relatively shallow socket.
Read the references.
Credited anatomical plates, microscopy and university teaching references. Individual image credits appear below the viewer. Historical plates can use older terminology; use the lesson text for current names.