MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your scapula is a flat bone that’s commonly referred to as your shoulder blade. You have two of these triangle-shaped bones in your upper back. The muscles that allow your arms to rotate attach to your scapula.

Detailed explanation-2: -Flat bones are relatively thin and have a high surface area. They are used to protect our internal organs as well as act as attachment sites for muscle. Some examples of flat bones include the cervical, scapula, sternum and the ribs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The scapula is a flat, triangular-shaped bone (colloquially as the “shoulder blade"). It is located in the upper thoracic region on the dorsal surface of the rib cage. It connects with the humerus at the glenohumeral joint as well as the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint to form the shoulder joint.

Detailed explanation-4: -The scapula is situated in the dorsal part of the thorax. Scapula is a large triangular shaped, flat bone. It lies between the second and the seventh ribs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The flat bones are: the occipital, parietal, frontal, nasal, lacrimal, vomer, hip bone (coxal bone), sternum, ribs, and scapulae. These bones are composed of two thin layers of compact bone enclosing between them a variable quantity of cancellous bone, which is the location of red bone marrow.