a. Anat. [ad. mod.L. suprāspīnōsus, f. L. suprā SUPRA- 1 b + spīna SPINE.] Situated above or upon a spine.

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  a.  = SUPRASPINAL 2.

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1828.  Quain, Elem. Anat., 374. The supra-spinatus is placed at the superior part of the shoulder in the supra-spinous fossa of the scapula.

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1876.  Trans. Clinical Soc., IX. 151. On percussion there was absolute dulness in the left sub-clavian and supra-spinous regions.

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  b.  Situated above or upon the spinous processes of the vertebræ.

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1828.  Quain, Elem. Anat., 152. The supra-spinous ligament consists of small, compressed bundles of longitudinal fibres, which connect the summits of the spinous processes.

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1875.  Sir W. Turner, in Encycl. Brit., I. 835/1. Inter- and supra-spinous ligaments connect adjacent spinous processes, and in the neck the supra-spinous ligament forms a broad band.

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