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Musculoskeletal System > Tendons > Rotator Cuff
Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Rotator Cuff
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Rotator Cuff

Preferred term

Rotator Cuff  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cuff, Rotator
  • Rotator Cuffs

Scope note

  • The musculotendinous sheath formed by the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor muscles. These help stabilize the HUMERAL HEAD in the GLENOID CAVITY of the SCAPULA and allow for rotation of the SHOULDER JOINT about its longitudinal axis.

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  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017006

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