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The coracoid process (from Greek κόραξ, raven [1]) is a small hook-like structure on the lateral edge of the superior anterior portion of the scapula (hence: coracoid, or "like a raven's beak"). Pointing laterally forward, it, together with the acromion , serves to stabilize the shoulder joint .
The coracohumeral ligament is a broad ligament of the shoulder. It attaches to the coracoid process at one end, and to the greater and lesser tubercles of the humerus at the other (as two discrete bands). It strengthens the upper part of the joint capsule of the shoulder joint.
A coracoid [a] is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (marsupials and placentals). In therian mammals (including humans), a coracoid process is present as part of the scapula, but this is not homologous with the coracoid bone of most other vertebrates. [2]
When the pectoralis minor is inserted, as occasionally is the case, into the capsule of the shoulder-joint instead of into the coracoid process, it passes between these two bands, and the intervening portion of the ligament is then deficient. The coracoclavicular ligament, which consists of two ligaments, the conoid and the trapezoid ligaments.
Shoulder impingement syndrome is a syndrome involving tendonitis ... and deltoid muscles and attach to the coracoid process and supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula ...
Shoulder joint. Posterior view at left. Anterior view at right. 1. Clavicle, 2. ... On imaging, it is defined by the coracoid process at its base, the supraspinatus ...
The coracoacromial ligament is a strong triangular ligament between the coracoid process and the acromion. It protects the head of the humerus . Its acromial attachment may be repositioned to the clavicle during reconstructive surgery of the acromioclavicular joint (shoulder joint).
The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side. In humans, it consists of the clavicle and scapula; in those species with three bones in the shoulder, it consists of the clavicle, scapula, and coracoid.