Generality
The shoulder is the even region of the trunk, located in a latero-superior position, on which three important bones meet: the clavicle, the scapula and the humerus.
The joints and muscles of the shoulder allow the human being to perform a wide variety of gestures: from throwing an object to lifting a weight, from writing to drawing an ideal circle with the arm.
The shoulder can suffer different types of injuries: bone fractures, dislocations of the glenohumeral joint and injuries to the muscle tendons.
Definition
The shoulder is the even region of the body that marks the meeting between three very important bones: the clavicle, the scapula and the humerus.
These three bony elements - all strictly equal - work together to hook each upper limb to the trunk.
Seat of two fundamental joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons, the shoulder occupies the latero-superior section of the trunk, from the base of the neck to the origin of the arm.
