title: Infraspinous fossa
text: # Infraspinous fossa
  
  The infraspinous fossa (infraspinatus fossa or infraspinatous fossa) of the scapula is much larger than the supraspinatous fossa; toward its vertebral margin a shallow concavity is seen at its upper part; its center presents a prominent convexity, while near the axillary border is a deep groove which runs from the upper toward the lower part.
  
  The medial two-thirds of the fossa give origin to the Infraspinatus; the lateral third is covered by this muscle.
  
  ## Additional images
  
  * Left scapula. Infraspinatous fossa shown in red.
  * Animation. Infraspinatous fossa shown in red.
  * Still image.
  * Left scapula. Dorsal surface. ("Infra-spinatous" fossa visible at bottom right.)
  * Left scapula. Dorsal surface. Infraspinatous fossa not labeled, but visible at center.
  * Infraspinatus muscle seen from behind.
  * Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind.
  