Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
Anatomical Spaces of the Shoulder
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim Important anatomical spaces of shoulder Quadrangular space: Boundaries: Superior: teres minor Inferior: teres major Medial : long head of triceps Lateral : surgical neck of humerus. It contains the axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery. Axillary nerve can be injured during surgery /fracture/ dislocation surgical dissection should above teres minor […]
Blood Supply of the Proximal Humerus
Courtesy: Prof Nabil Ebraheim Blood supply of the proximal humerus 1. The axillary artery gives anterior circumflex humeral artery which anastomose with posterior circumflex humeral artery. 2. The anterior circumflex humeral artery gives the ascending branch. The ascending branch runs a few millimeters posterior, parallel and lateral to biceps tendon and the […]