Anatom3DCoracohumeral ligament
Ligamentum coracohumerale · Zobcovitopažní vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A broad band from the coracoid process of the shoulder blade to the top of the arm bone, over the upper capsule.
What it does
Supports the hanging arm and limits outward rotation with the arm at the side.
Keeping it well
Thickened and tight in frozen shoulder, one reason outward rotation is lost first.
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