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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:whitesmoke">Suprascapular notch</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png/250px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png/375px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png/500px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula03.png 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="4500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Scapula#Costal_(Front,_Ventral,_Anterior)" title="Scapula">Costal surface of left scapula</a>. Suprascapular notch shown in red.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png/250px-Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png/375px-Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png/500px-Scapula_ant_-_Suprascapular_notch.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="755" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Costal surface of left scapula. Suprascapular notch visible in the red square.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>incisura scapulae</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/02.4.01.015%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A02.4.01.015</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=1158">1158</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma23236">23236</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_bone" title="Anatomical terms of bone">Anatomical terms of bone</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725785" class="extiw" title="d:Q725785">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>suprascapular notch</b> (or <i><b>scapular notch</b></i>) is a notch in the superior border of the <a href="/wiki/Scapula" title="Scapula">scapula</a>, just medial to the base of the <a href="/wiki/Coracoid_process" title="Coracoid process">coracoid process</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is converted into the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_canal" title="Suprascapular canal">suprascapular canal</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprascapular ligament">suprascapular ligament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This notch is converted into a <a href="/wiki/Foramen" title="Foramen">foramen</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprascapular ligament">suprascapular ligament</a>, and serves for the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_nerve" title="Suprascapular nerve">suprascapular nerve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suprascapular vessels vary in number as well as in their course as they run at the suprascapular notch site. The <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_artery" title="Suprascapular artery">suprascapular artery</a> pass above the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprascapular ligament">suprascapular ligament</a> in most cases. The <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_vein" title="Suprascapular vein">suprascapular vein</a> may pass through the suprascapular notch or it may instead pass superior to the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprascapular ligament">suprascapular ligament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Polguj_et_al._2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polguj_et_al._2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two main classification systems exist; others are modified approaches of the same principle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Typing_based_on_subjective_observation_of_the_suprascapular_notch_shape.">Typing based on subjective observation of the suprascapular notch shape.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Typing based on subjective observation of the suprascapular notch shape."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Introduced by <a href="#CITEREFHrdicka1942">Hrdicka 1942</a> and modified by <a href="#CITEREFRengacharyBurrLucasHassanein1979">Rengachary et al. 1979</a> There are six basic types of scapular notch: </p> <ul><li>Type I: Notch is absent. The superior border forms a wide depression from the medial angle to the coracoid process.</li> <li>Type II: Notch is a blunted V-shape occupying the middle third of the superior border.</li> <li>Type III: Notch is U-shaped with nearly parallel margins.</li> <li>Type IV: Notch is V-shaped and very small. A shallow groove is frequently formed for the suprascapular nerve adjacent to the notch.</li> <li>Type V: Notch is minimal and U-shaped with a partially ossified ligament.</li> <li>Type VI: Notch is a <a href="/wiki/Foramen" title="Foramen">foramen</a> as the ligament is completely ossified.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Typing_based_on_parametric_measurements_of_depth_to_upper_width_ratio_of_the_suprascapular_notch">Typing based on parametric measurements of depth to upper width ratio of the suprascapular notch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Typing based on parametric measurements of depth to upper width ratio of the suprascapular notch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Introduced by <a href="#CITEREFNatsisTotlisTsikarasAppell2007">Natsis et al. 2007</a> and modified by <a href="#CITEREFPolgujJędrzejewskiPodgórskiTopol2011">Polguj et al. 2011</a> There are five basic types of scapular notch: </p> <ul><li>Type I: Depth larger than upper width.</li> <li>Type II: Depth equal to upper width.</li> <li>Type III: Depth is smaller than upper width.</li> <li>Type IV: Notch is a <a href="/wiki/Foramen" title="Foramen">foramen</a>.</li> <li>Type V: Discrete notch.</li></ul> <p>The second method of suprascapular notch typing yields more practical approach in clinical diagnosis of the <a href="/wiki/Nerve_compression_syndrome" title="Nerve compression syndrome">suprascapular nerve entrapment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al._2020_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al._2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the suprascapular nerve passes through the suprascapular notch, it is a common site of entrapment for the nerve.<sup id="cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Suprascapular notch <a href="/wiki/Stenosis" title="Stenosis">stenosis</a> is a narrowing of the notch internal space that can potentially compress the suprascapular nerve leading to <a href="/wiki/Nerve_compression_syndrome" title="Nerve compression syndrome">suprascapular nerve entrapment</a>. <a href="#CITEREFAl-RedouanHudakNankaKachlik2020">Al-Redouan et al. 2020</a> predicted the morphological pattern of the suprascapular notch <a href="/wiki/Stenosis" title="Stenosis">stenosis</a> revealing higher incidence in the discrete notch (Type V according to the parametric measurements typing system). There are two main suprascapular <a href="/wiki/Stenosis" title="Stenosis">stenosis</a> patterns:<sup id="cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al._2020_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al._2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Vertical stenosis. Treated surgically by cutting the <a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprascapular ligament">suprascapular ligament</a> (ligamentectomy).</li> <li>Horizontal stenosis. Treated surgically by trimming the notch borders (<a href="/wiki/Osteoplasty" title="Osteoplasty">osteoplasty</a>).</li></ul> <p>The suprascapular nerve predictably passes through the suprascapular notch, so it is a good place for a local <a href="/wiki/Nerve_block" title="Nerve block">nerve block</a> of the entire nerve.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Left scapula. Suprascapular notch shown in red."><img alt="Left scapula. Suprascapular notch shown in red." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif/120px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif/180px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif/240px-Suprascapular_notch_of_left_scapula_-_animation01.gif 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Left scapula. Suprascapular notch shown in red.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Animation. Suprascapular notch shown in red."><img alt="Animation. Suprascapular notch shown in red." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif/120px-Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif/180px-Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif/240px-Suprascapular_notch_-_animation02.gif 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Animation. Suprascapular notch shown in red.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray203.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Left scapula. Dorsal surface. (Sup. notch visible at top center.)"><img alt="Left scapula. Dorsal surface. (Sup. notch visible at top center.)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gray203.png/83px-Gray203.png" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gray203.png/125px-Gray203.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gray203.png/167px-Gray203.png 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Left <a href="/wiki/Scapula" title="Scapula">scapula</a>. <a href="/wiki/Scapula#Dorsal_(Back,_Posterior)" title="Scapula">Dorsal surface</a>. (Sup. notch visible at top center.)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Costal surface of left scapula. Suprascapular notch labeled at top center."><img alt="Costal surface of left scapula. Suprascapular notch labeled at top center." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg/120px-Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg/180px-Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg/240px-Anterior_surface_of_scapula.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Costal surface of left scapula. Suprascapular notch labeled at top center.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_scapular_notch" title="Great scapular notch">Great scapular notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_canal" title="Suprascapular canal">Suprascapular canal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprascapular_notch&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Al-Redouan_et_al.2021_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAl-RedouanHoldingKachlik2021" class="citation journal cs1">Al-Redouan, Azzat; 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