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It is important to distinguish the shoulder/scapulohumeral joint from the entirely muscular connection (synsarcosis) between the forelimb and the trunk. This latter connection is sometimes called the '''girdle muscles''', although this is a problematic term, because many of its constituent muscles do not attach to a limb girdle muscle. At Cambridge University, it has for some time been given the name '''omothoracic junction''', but this term has not entered common usage.
It is important to distinguish the shoulder/scapulohumeral joint from the entirely muscular connection (synsarcosis) between the forelimb and the trunk. This latter connection is sometimes called the '''girdle muscles''', although this is a problematic term, because many of its constituent muscles do not attach to a limb girdle muscle. At Cambridge University, it has for some time been given the name '''omothoracic junction''', but this term has not entered common usage.
There are no true ligaments in the shoulder joint. The tendons of insertion of the supraspinatous and infraspinatous muscles cross the shoulder joint and insert laterally on the greater tubercle of the humerus. The tendon of the subscapularis inserts medially on the humerus. These act as 'ligaments' preventing dislocation of the shoulder.
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===Elbow Joint===