What Are the Different Shoulder Tendons?
The shoulder joint permits a fuller range of motion than any other joint, allowing the arm to raise, lower, extend and rotate a full 360 degrees. To ensure proper range of motion, the shoulder joint is supported by the shoulder ligaments, shoulder tendons and shoulder muscles. The ligaments connect the three bones — the humerus, or upper arm bone; the scapula, or shoulder blade; and the clavicle, or collar bone — to the shoulder joint. The shoulder tendons attach to the bones at one end and to one of the related muscles at the other end. In all, there are 10 muscles and 11 shoulder tendons related to shoulder mobility, with the tendons being those that attach to the supraspinatus, the infraspinatus, the teres minor, the subscapularis, the latissimus dorsi, the pectoralis major, the pectoralis minor, the deltoid and the tricep brachii and two that attach to the bicep.
