This notch is converted into a foramen by the superior transverse scapular ligament, and serves for the passage of the suprascapular nerve (but not its corresponding artery); sometimes the ligament is ossified. The suprascapular artery travels superiorly to the superior transverse ligament.
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Suprascapular neuropathy is a less common cause of shoulder pain in athletes but is seen particularly in those who participate in overhead activities. Athletes who participate regularly in overhead sports are more susceptible to developing suprascapular neuropathy.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/92672-overview
The SSN is vulnerable to entrapment at the superior scapular notch and the spinoglenoid notch, beneath the inferior transverse scapular ligament. The inset depicts the clinical appearance in an individual with predominantly right-sided atrophy of the infraspinatus muscle due to suprascapular neuropathy.
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The most common site for the nerve to be compressed is at the suprascapular notch. The nerve may be decompressed by excising the transverse suprascapular ligament and freeing the nerve at this site.
https://www.shoulderdoc.co.uk/article/1245
Relations and/or boundaries. The suprascapular nerve passes through the notch on its course over the scapula to the dorsal shoulder. The superior transverse scapular ligament passes over the notch and attaches to the base of the coracoid process. The suprascapular artery passes over the ligament.
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The nerve then passes dorsally through the suprascapular notch, where it is retained by the transverse scapular ligament, into the suprascapular fossa, where 2 motor branches to the supraspinatus muscle originate.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/92672-overview
Suprascapular nerve branches from the superior trunk, which receives innervation from C5 and C6. Suprascapular nerve goes through the suprascapular notch, and innervates the supraspinatus and infraspinatus on the dorsal side between the bone and muscle.
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Suprascapular notch. The suprascapular notch (or scapular notch) is a notch in the superior border of the scapula, just medial to the base of the coracoid process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprascapular_notch
Suprascapular notch. The suprascapular ligament goes over the suprascapular notch to convert it into the suprascapular foramen. The suprascapular nerve goes through the foramen and the suprascapular artery goes over the foramen to reach the supraspinous fossa, where the supraspinatus is at.
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Decompression of the Suprascapular Nerve. Compression of the suprascapular nerve may be as a result of injury, swelling secondary to scapular fractures, or an idiopathic nerve compression presumed secondary to local swelling, rather analogous to carpal tunnel syndrome.
https://www.shoulderdoc.co.uk/article/1245
what goes through the suprascapular notch
Suprascapular nerve goes through the suprascapular notch.