Anatom3DSubcutaneous acromial bursa
Bursa subcutanea acromialis · Podkožní nadpažková burza
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A small sac between the skin and the top of the acromion.
What it does
Lets the skin glide over the bony point of the shoulder.
Keeping it well
Can swell after repeated pressure or a blow (bursitis). A red, hot swelling with fever may be infected.
Related conditions
- Bursitis
- 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
- Shoulder dislocation
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder