"location: shoulder"
"insertion: supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula and superior labrum"
"blood supply: anterior humeral circumflex artery, brachial and thoracoacromial arteries"
"innervation: sympathetic fibres"
"relations: superior labrum, rotator interval, biceps pulley, pectoralis major insertion"
"function: stabiliser of the glenohumeral joint"
"Ultrasound can readily identify the long head biceps tendon in the bicipital groove beneath the transverse humeral ligament usually with a minimal amount of surrounding fluid. From there it can be traced upwards through the rotator interval to its origin at the superior glenoid. It should not be thickened and show any tears or fibre discontinuities – beware of anisotropy 10."
"The long head of the biceps tendon has an intraarticular and extrasynovial portion spanning the anterior aspect of the humeral head covered by synovium from the joint capsule that extends into the bicipital groove. The tendon originates from the superior aspect of the glenoid and superior labrum, courses through the rotator interval beneath the coracohumeral ligament and through the bicipital groove 1-3."
"MR arthrography"
"SLAP lesions"
Expected headings
"Function"
"Relations and boundaries"
"MR arthrography"
"blood supply: anterior humeral circumflex artery, brachial and thoracoacromial arteries"