Which bone forms the shoulder blade?

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Which bone forms the shoulder blade?

The shoulder blade is the scapula, a flat triangular bone that sits on the back of the rib cage. It forms the blade itself and provides the socket (glenoid cavity) for the head of the humerus, with the acromion projecting to form the top of the shoulder and linking with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint. The clavicle is the collarbone, not the blade; the humerus is the upper arm bone; and the radius is a forearm bone. So the bone that forms the shoulder blade is the scapula.

The shoulder blade is the scapula, a flat triangular bone that sits on the back of the rib cage. It forms the blade itself and provides the socket (glenoid cavity) for the head of the humerus, with the acromion projecting to form the top of the shoulder and linking with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint. The clavicle is the collarbone, not the blade; the humerus is the upper arm bone; and the radius is a forearm bone. So the bone that forms the shoulder blade is the scapula.

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