Back كفة مدورة Arabic Manegot dels rotatoris Catalan Rotatormanchetten Danish Oberarm#Rotatorenmanschette German Manguito de los rotadores Spanish کلاهک گرداننده Persian Kiertäjäkalvosin Finnish Coiffe des rotateurs de l'épaule French Manguito rotador Galician מסובבי הכתף HE
| Rotator cuff | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Artery | Suprascapular artery, circumflex scapular artery[1] |
| Nerve | Subscapular nerve, suprascapular nerve, axillary nerve |
| Lymph | Axillary lymph nodes |
| Identifiers | |
| Acronym(s) | SITS muscle |
| MeSH | D017006 |
| TA2 | 2461 |
| FMA | 37018 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the human shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the seven scapulohumeral muscles, four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are:
- ^ Naidoo, N.; Lazarus, L.; De Gama, B. Z.; Ajayi, N. O.; Satyapal, K. S (2014). "Arterial Supply to the Rotator Cuff Muscles" (PDF). International Journal of Morphology (1): 136–140. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2019.