GUARD: Designed to keep the hand from slipping onto the blade. Guards range in size, though many modern designs lack them. BOLSTER: A thick metal shoulder at the front of the handle, or separate ...

The acromioclavicular joint is where a different part of the shoulder blade, the acromion, articulates to the distal or lateral portion of the collarbone (clavicle). The socket of the shoulder ...

"This mobility is conferred, in part, by the bony anatomy of the joint as well ... a piece of bone (coracoid process) from the shoulder blade and attaching it to the front of the glenoid socket ...

The scapula or shoulder blade is a bony structure found on the upper back that connects the upper arm to the chest wall (thorax). It also forms the socket part of the shoulder joint connecting the ...

Your shoulder joins with your upper-arm bone (humerus), shoulder blade (scapula), and collarbone (clavicle). The humerus fits into the rounded socket of the scapula. Each shoulder is held in place ...

is the shoulder blade. If the shoulder blade is involved in a patient’s pain pattern, it significantly increases the ...

First, a brief anatomy refresher ... the rotator cuff tendons and bursae between the ball and the top of the shoulder blade. That, in turn, can create pain and discomfort. Issues stabilizing ...