The trapezoid ligament is a
ligament
A ligament is a type of fibrous connective tissue in the body that connects bones to other bones. It also connects flight feathers to bones, in dinosaurs and birds. All 30,000 species of amniotes (land animals with internal bones) have liga ...
connecting the
coracoid process
The coracoid process (from Greek κόραξ, raven) is a small hook-like structure on the lateral edge of the superior anterior portion of the scapula (hence: coracoid, or "like a raven's beak"). Pointing laterally forward, it, together with the ...
of the
scapula
The scapula (: scapulae or scapulas), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone). Like their connected bones, the scapulae are paired, with each scapula on either side ...
(the shoulder blade) to the
trapezoid line
From the conoid tubercle, an oblique ridge, the trapezoid line, trapezoid ridge, or oblique, runs forward and lateralward, and affords attachment to the trapezoid ligament on inferior surface of clavicle.
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Clavicle
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of the clavicle (collarbone). It is an anterior and lateral
fasciculus
''Fasciculus vesanus'' is an extinct species of stem-group ctenophores known from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. It is dated to and belongs to middle Cambrian strata.
The species is remarkable for its two sets of long and sho ...
, and is broad, thin, and quadrilateral. Its anterior border is free; its posterior border is joined with the
conoid ligament
The conoid ligament is the posterior and medial fasciculus of the coracoclavicular ligament. It is formed by a dense band of fibers, conical in form, with its base directed upward.
It is attached by its apex to a rough impression at the base of ...
, the two forming, by their junction, an angle projecting backward.
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Ligaments of the upper limb
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