Anatom3DGlenohumeral joint
Articulatio humeri · Ramenní kloub
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A golf ball on a tee: a large head on a shallow socket deepened by a rim of cartilage.
What it does
Gives the shoulder its huge range of movement.
Keeping it well
Cuff strength and technique; after a first dislocation under 25, it usually dislocates again.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rotator cuff tear & impingement
- Shoulder dislocation
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder