shoulder joint
Where arm attaches
The shoulder joint is where the upper arm connects to the torso, formed by the ball of the humerus fitting into the socket of the shoulder blade.
It's the most mobile joint in the human body, allowing the arm to rotate in nearly every direction—which also makes it prone to dislocation and injury.
She tore her rotator cuff, damaging the muscles stabilizing the shoulder joint.
- scapulaPosterior thoracic bone
- rotator cuffShoulder's muscular support system
- torn rotator cuffDamaged shoulder stabilizing tendons
- humerusUpper arm's long bone
- acromionScapular apex forming shoulder's summit
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