THE GLENOID NOTCH AND ITS RELATION TO THE SHAPE OF THE GLENOID CAVITYOF THE SCAPULA

Authors
PRESCHER A KLUMPEN T
Citation
A. Prescher et T. Klumpen, THE GLENOID NOTCH AND ITS RELATION TO THE SHAPE OF THE GLENOID CAVITYOF THE SCAPULA, Journal of Anatomy, 190, 1997, pp. 457-460
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Journal of Anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218782
Volume
190
Year of publication
1997
Part
3
Pages
457 - 460
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8782(1997)190:<457:TGNAIR>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The prevalence of a notch in the anterior margin of the glenoid cavity of 236 scapulae (118 female, 118 male) was investigated. The notch wa s found in 129 scapulae (55%) and gave rise to a pear-shaped cavity. I n 107 scapulae (45%) the notch was absent, the shape of the cavity bei ng oval. No sex difference was found in the prevalence of the notch. I f a distinct notch exists, the glenoid labrum is not attached to bone at the notch and is therefore liable to be sheared off (Bankart lesion ).