Three-dimensional topography of scapular nutrient foramina

摘要

Segmented scapula model showing a local coordinate system based on the axes of inertia (red , , and axes). All scapulae are aligned by their local coordinate system, and scaled anisotropically by the dimensions (height, width, thickness) of the "bounding box" (white girder) of each scapula. Nutrient foramina locations are projected on the lines between AB, AC and BC and provide the 2.5% and 97.5% percentile, and hence the 95% confidence range where nutrient foramina are likely to occur. By back projecting these ranges perpendicular to the respective lines (red dashed lines) a region (blue) is identified were nutrient foramina are likely to occur. A: anterolateral corner of acromion, B: medial border of the spine of the scapula, and C: inferior angle of the scapula