Anatom3DShoulder
Regio deltoidea (humerus) · Rameno
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A shallow ball-and-socket held by four cuff muscles, with the collarbone as the only bony link to the trunk.
What it does
The freest joint in the body — it puts the hand anywhere.
Keeping it well
Cuff and shoulder-blade exercises, avoid heavy overhead work when sore. It dislocates because it trades stability for range.
Its parts
- Skin of shoulder
- Scapula
- Clavicles
- Glenohumeral joint
- Acromioclavicular joint
- Rotator cuff
- Deltoid
- Subacromial bursa
- Brachial plexus
- Axillary lymph nodes
- Skeleton of right pectoral girdle
- Pectoral part of right pectoral girdle
- Scapular part of right pectoral girdle
- Pectoral part of left pectoral girdle
- Scapular part of left pectoral girdle
- Axillary artery
- Axillary vein
- Circumflex scapular vein
- Teres major
- Anterior sternoclavicular ligament
- Articular capsule of sternoclavicular joint
- Articular disc of sternoclavicular joint
- Interclavicular ligament
- Posterior sternoclavicular ligament
- Coracobrachial bursa
- Intertubercular tendon sheath
- Subtendinous bursa of infraspinatus muscle
- Subtendinous bursa of teres major muscle
- Subtendinous bursa of trapezius muscle
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Breast cancer
- Bursitis
- Cat-scratch disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Dermatomyositis and polymyositis
- Fibromyalgia
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Gout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Lyme disease
- Male breast cancer
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Metabolic syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Peripheral artery disease
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Pre-eclampsia
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rabies
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rotator cuff tear & impingement
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Sepsis
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Shoulder dislocation
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Tetanus
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Varicose veins
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency