scapular line

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| Name = Scapular line

| Latin = linea scapularis

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| Caption = Surface anatomy of the back. (Inferior angle of scapula labeled at bottom center.)

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| Caption2 = Posterior view of the thorax and shoulder girdle.

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The scapular line, also known as the linea scapularis, is a vertical line passing through the inferior angle of the scapula.{{cite web |url=http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Scapular_line |title=scapular line - definition from Biology-Online.org |website=www.biology-online.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208090735/http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/scapular_line |archive-date=2005-12-08}}

It has been used in the evaluation of brachial plexus birth palsy.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 9611027

| year = 1998

| author1 = Waters | first2 = G. R. | first3 = D.

| title = Glenohumeral deformity secondary to brachial plexus birth palsy

| volume = 80

| issue = 5

| pages = 668–677

| journal = The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume

| last2 = Smith

| last3 = Jaramillo

| doi = 10.2106/00004623-199805000-00007

| s2cid = 20415003

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