The subscapularis is a large triangular muscle which fills the subscapular fossa and inserts into the lesser tubercle of the humerus and the front of the capsule of the shoulder-joint. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscapularis_muscle ]
Synonyms: subscapularis
Term information
- UMLS:C0584884 (ncithesaurus:Subscapularis)
- EMAPA:18181
- EHDAA2:0001943
- EHDAA:8317
- VHOG:0000850
- MA:0002388
- Wikipedia:Subscapularis_muscle
- NCIT:C33651
- FMA:13413
- SCTID:277446000
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Dorsal group[Kardong]; Note from cmungall "we changed the attachment site to be the scapula (for technical reasons), put it's in the fossa, see https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1455"
Term relations
- pectoral complex muscle
- scapular muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some subscapularis pre-muscle mass
- has muscle insertion some humerus
- part of some rotator cuff
- part of some pectoral girdle and thoracic body wall skeletal muscle
- has muscle origin some scapula