How Is the Shoulder Joint Held Together
The Shoulder Joint Is the Body’s Most Flexible Joint: a Group of Four Muscles Holds the Head of the Upper Arm Bone in the Relatively Flat Shoulder Socket...
The shoulder joint is the body’s most flexible joint: A group of four muscles holds the head of the upper arm bone in the relatively flat shoulder socket (glenoid). Each of these muscles has a tendon that attaches it to the bone. Together, this group of muscles and tendons is known as the rotator cuff.
What holds shoulder joint in place?
To maintain stability, the bones of the shoulder are held in place by muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Tendons are tough cords of tissue that attach muscles to bone, and ligaments attach bones to each other for stability.
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What makes the shoulder joint stable?
The joint is stabilized by a ring of fibrous cartilage surrounding the glenoid, called the labrum. the joint. Four short muscles originate on the scapula and pass around the shoulder where their tendons fuse together to form the rotator cuff.
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