a. Anat. and Zool. [ad. mod.L. suprāscapulāris: see SUPRA- 1 b, 3 b and SCAPULAR a.] Situated above or upon the scapula; belonging to or connected with the upper or anterior part of the scapular arch, or the suprascapula.

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1828.  Quain, Elem. Anat., 160. A foramen, for the transmission … of the supra-scapular nerve. Ibid., 401. The supra-scapular and posterior-scapular arteries. Ibid., 416. The nerve passes through the supra-scapular notch, or foramen.

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1854.  Owen, in Orr’s Circ. Sci., Org. Nat., I. 190. The suprascapular plate remains long cartilaginous, and always partly so. Ibid., 210. The upper or suprascapular piece … retains … its cartilaginous state.

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1878.  T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 479. The suprascapular artery and vein will always be seen behind the clavicle.

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  Also † Suprascapulary a.

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1693.  trans. Blancard’s Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Infra Spinatus Musculus, or Supra Scapularis Secundus, proceeds under the Spine, from the Basis of the Scapula, with the Second, Supra Scapulary, Carnous and Thick, and runs into the Ligament of the Shoulder.

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1828–32.  Webster.

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