Anatom3DInferior glenohumeral ligament
Ligamentum glenohumerale inferius · Dolní glenohumerální vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A hammock-like thickening of the lower capsule, with front and back bands, from the socket rim to the arm bone.
What it does
The main restraint against the shoulder slipping forward when the arm is raised and turned out.
Keeping it well
Torn or stretched in forward dislocation, the commonest shoulder dislocation; repaired in stabilisation surgery.
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