Preferred Label : medial border of scapula;
Uberon definition : The medial border of the scapula (vertebral border, medial margin) is the longest
of the three borders, and extends from the medial to the inferior angle. It is arched,
intermediate in thickness between the superior and the axillary borders, and the portion
of it above the spine forms an obtuse angle with the part below. This border presents
an anterior and a posterior lip, and an intermediate narrow area. The anterior lip
affords attachment to the Serratus anterior; the posterior lip, to the Supraspinatus
above the spine, the Infraspinatus below; the area between the two lips, to the Levator
scapulC& above the triangular surface at the commencement of the spine, to the Rhomboideus
minor on the edge of that surface, and to the Rhomboideus major below it; this last
is attached by means of a fibrous arch, connected above to the lower part of the triangular
surface at the base of the spine, and below to the lower part of the border.;
Uberon synonym : medial part of scapula; vertebral border of scapula; margo medialis (scapula);
Uberon related term : vertebral border; vertebral border of the scapula; medial border of the scapula; medial margin of the scapula;
Origin ID : 0007174;
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The medial border of the scapula (vertebral border, medial margin) is the longest
of the three borders, and extends from the medial to the inferior angle. It is arched,
intermediate in thickness between the superior and the axillary borders, and the portion
of it above the spine forms an obtuse angle with the part below. This border presents
an anterior and a posterior lip, and an intermediate narrow area. The anterior lip
affords attachment to the Serratus anterior; the posterior lip, to the Supraspinatus
above the spine, the Infraspinatus below; the area between the two lips, to the Levator
scapulC& above the triangular surface at the commencement of the spine, to the Rhomboideus
minor on the edge of that surface, and to the Rhomboideus major below it; this last
is attached by means of a fibrous arch, connected above to the lower part of the triangular
surface at the base of the spine, and below to the lower part of the border.