module 4- Joints ( 2 )

The ? is a cup-shaped rim of cartilage that lines and reinforces the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder.

The acronym ? is often used as the name for the collection of muscles that make up the rotator cuff: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.

• what is a Supraspinatus?

• small muscle of the upper back

• A type of joint in the knee
• A ligament in the ankle
• A nerve in the arm

what is a Infraspinatus?

• A bone in the arm
• A ligament in the knee
• A type of shoulder injury
• The infraspinatus is a rotator cuff muscle in the shoulder.

what is a Teres minor

• A type of fish found in the ocean.
• A bone in the human skull.
• A ligament in the knee joint.
• Narrow, elongated muscle of the rotator cuff

what is subscapularis?

• The subscapularis is a nerve that controls arm movement.
• these muscles allow you to have a range of motion in the shoulder while keeping the joint stable

• The subscapularis is a ligament in the knee.
• The subscapularis is a type of joint in the shoulder.

Round, spherical-shaped proximal end of the femur

The ? is a large socket on the lateral face of the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur to form the hip joint.

a short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint

a flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.