coracoacromial ligament

The coracoacromial ligament originates from the summit of the acromion of the scapula, just in front of the articular surface for the clavicle.{{Cite book|last=Waldman|first=Steven D.|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781455709991000307|title=Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes|date=2014-01-01|publisher=Saunders|isbn=978-1-4557-0999-1|pages=81–85|language=en|chapter=Chapter 30 - Subacromial Impingement Syndrome|doi=10.1016/b978-1-4557-0999-1.00030-7}} It inserts by its broad base along the whole length of the lateral border of the coracoid process of the scapula.

The clavicle and under surface of the deltoid muscle are above it.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} The tendon of the supraspinatus muscle (and its bursa) are below it.{{Cite book|last=Jacob|first=S.|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780443103735500051|title=Human Anatomy|publisher=Churchill Livingstone|year=2008|isbn=978-0-443-10373-5|pages=5–49|language=en|chapter=2 - Upper Limb|doi=10.1016/B978-0-443-10373-5.50005-1}}

Its lateral border is continuous with a dense lamina that passes beneath the deltoid muscle upon the tendons of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscle.

The ligament is sometimes described as consisting of two marginal bands and a thinner intervening portion, the two bands being attached respectively to the apex and the base of the coracoid process, and joining at the acromion.

When the pectoralis minor is inserted, as occasionally is the case, into the capsule of the shoulder-joint instead of into the coracoid process, it passes between these two bands, and the intervening portion of the ligament is then deficient.

Together with the coracoid process and the acromion, the coracoacromial ligament forms a vault or arch that protects the head of the humerus.{{Cite book|last1=Rosenthal|first1=Michael D.|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323393706000330|title=Clinical Orthopaedic Rehabilitation: a Team Approach|last2=Moore|first2=Josef H.|last3=Lynch|first3=Joseph R.|publisher=Elsevier|year=2018|isbn=978-0-323-39370-6|edition=4th|pages=210–220|language=en|chapter=33 - Impingement Syndrome|doi=10.1016/B978-0-323-39370-6.00033-0}}

The coracoacromial ligament may impinge and compress rotator cuff muscle or tendon. It may be damaged during a shoulder injury.{{Cite book|last1=Liou|first1=Jr-Jiun|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128005484000061|title=Translating Regenerative Medicine to the Clinic|last2=Langhans|first2=Mark T.|last3=Gottardi|first3=Riccardo|last4=Tuan|first4=Rocky S.|publisher=Academic Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0-12-800548-4|pages=75–88|language=en|chapter=6 - Injury and Repair of Tendon, Ligament, and Meniscus|doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-800548-4.00006-1}}

The attachment of the coracoacromial ligament may be moved from acromion to the end of the clavicle when reconstructing the acromioclavicular joint.{{Cite book|last=Nguyen|first=D.|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781782424499000194|title=Shoulder and Elbow Trauma and its Complications|publisher=Woodhead Publishing|year=2015|isbn=978-1-78242-449-9|volume=1: The Shoulder|pages=403–421|language=en|chapter=19 - Failed acromioclavicular joint reconstruction|doi=10.1016/B978-1-78242-449-9.00019-4}}{{Cite book|last1=Favorito|first1=P. J.|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781782424499000108|title=Shoulder and Elbow Trauma and its Complications|last2=Herbst|first2=K. A.|publisher=Woodhead Publishing|year=2015|isbn=978-1-78242-449-9|volume=1: The Shoulder|pages=215–231|language=en|chapter=10 - Acromioclavicular joint injuries|doi=10.1016/B978-1-78242-449-9.00010-8}} This often fails. It has lower strength than the coracoclavicular ligament.

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