Infraspinous fascia
The infraspinatous fascia is a dense fibrous membrane, covering the Infraspinatous muscle and fixed to the circumference of the infraspinatous fossa; it affords attachment, by its deep surface, to some fibers of that muscle.
| Infraspinous fascia | |
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 Muscles on the dorsum of the scapula, and the Triceps brachii. (Fascia not labeled, but Infraspinatous visible near center.) | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Fascia infraspinata |
| TA | A04.6.02.009 |
| FMA | 38530 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
It is intimately attached to the deltoid fascia along the over-lapping border of the Deltoideus.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 441 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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