shoulder

A subdivision of the pectoral complex consisting of the structures in the region of the shoulder joint (which connects the humerus, scapula and clavicle). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the shoulder is

A subdivision of the pectoral complex consisting of the structures in the region of the shoulder joint (which connects the humerus, scapula and clavicle). The atlas records it as a region at the region scale in the human body.

Where the shoulder is

This dataset records no region or system for it. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the shoulder connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of pectoral complex.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the shoulder. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as shoulder region and articulatio humeri. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001467, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: pectoral complex.
• A kind of: organism subdivision.
• contains: acromioclavicular joint, anterior humeral circumflex artery, axillary artery, axillary lymph node, axillary vein and circumflex humeral vein, and 8 more.
• overlaps: pectoral girdle region, muscle of shoulder and musculature of shoulder.

Questions

Where is the shoulder?

This dataset records no region or system for it. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the shoulder connect to?

Part of: pectoral complex.

Is the shoulder the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.