You can crudely think of the muscles as the sleeve and the intermeshed tendons as the cuff. More specifically, the term describes the arrangement of four small muscles and tendons around the head of the humerus as it sits in the glenoid fossa of the scapula. It refers to a group of small muscles around the shoulder joint. Originally known as the musculotendinous cuff, the term “rotator cuff” was introduced into the medical literature in the 1950s (1). The rotator cuff, therefore, is a popular topic in exercise and sports. ![]() ![]() This arrangement creates a great deal of mobility but also poses a problem with regard to joint stability in high-velocity or high-force conditions. Instead, muscle, tendon, and ligament attach the arm to the thoracic architecture. The arm is suspended, relative to the axial skeleton, with very little bony support.
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