_Relations._--Outer surface with the spinotrapezius (Fig. 68, _j_),
spinodeltoid (Fig. 68, _i_), acromiodeltoid (Fig. 68, _g_), teres major
(Fig. 75, _d_), and levator scapulæ ventralis (Fig. 68, _f_). Inner
surface with the scapula. Glenoid border with the teres minor (Fig. 80,
_c_), the teres major (Fig. 75, _d_), and the long head of the triceps
(Fig. 75, _g_).
_Action._--Rotates the humerus outward.
=M. teres minor= (Fig. 80, _c_).--A small muscle from the glenoid border
of the scapula to the proximal end of the humerus.
_Origin_ (Fig. 76, _e_) by a sheet of tendinous fibres from the glenoid
border of the scapula beginning about one-fifth the length of the border
from the glenoid fossa and extending to its middle. It is often attached
to the infraspinatus (Fig. 80, _b_) and the caput longum of the triceps
(Fig. 75, _g_).
_Insertion_ (Fig. 83, _d_) by a short tendon into the tubercle just
distad of the infraspinatus fossa on the great tuberosity of the
humerus.
_Relations._--Outer surface with the spinodeltoideus (Fig. 75, _e_),
acromiodeltoideus (Fig. 75, _f_), and the infraspinatus (Fig. 80, _b_).
Inner surface with the lateral (Fig. 75, _h_) and long (Fig. 75, _g_)
heads of the triceps and the capsule of the joint.
_Action._--Assists the infraspinatus to rotate the humerus outward.
B. MUSCLES ON THE MEDIAL SURFACE OF THE SHOULDER.
(Fig. 77.)
=M. subscapularis= (Fig. 77, _a_).--A triangular mass from the
subscapular fossa to the lesser tuberosity of the humerus.
_Origin_ (Fig. 78, _a_).--From the whole subscapular fossa except along
the fusiform area for the attachment of the levator scapulæ and the
serratus anterior near the vertebral border, and except over a
quadrangular area about one centimeter long near the glenoid angle. The
origin is by fleshy fibres directly from the periosteum except along two
or three lines marked by oblique ridges. To these lines are attached
tendinous fibres. At the glenoid border the area of origin sometimes
occupies part or the whole of the surface of the fossa for the origin of
the teres major, so that the teres arises from the fascia on the surface
of the subscapularis. At the coracoid border some of the fibres may take
origin from the adjacent fascia of the supraspinatus (Fig. 77, _d_).
_Insertion_ (Fig. 82, _b_).--The fibres converge to the glenoid border,
and the insertion is by a strong, flat tendon into the dorsal border of
the lesser tuberosity of the humerus.
[Illustration: FIG. 77.--MUSCLES ON THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE ARM.
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