supraspinaladj.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. iii. iv. 31 Supra-Spinatus..is a thick narrow Muscle,..filling all the Supra-Spinal Cavity [Fr. la cavité ou fosse sus-epineuse] of the Scapula.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 569/2 The spine is..so placed as to divide the dorsum of the scapula into a supra-spinal and infra-spinal depression.

1885 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 Mar. 518/2 There was dulness, with crepitant rhonchus, over the left apex down to the fourth rib, and also on the supraspinal region.

1921 Internat. Clinics 2 185 There is..tenderness in the supraspinal fossa over the area of attachment of the supraspinatus muscle.

2008 C. Jarmey & I. Bouratinos Pract. Guide Acu-points xvi. 170/1 The medial angle of scapula (end of the supraspinal fossa) is approximately level with the spinous process of T3.

1835 W. T. Brande in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 374/1 On the lips of the spinous processes of the neck some fibres may be shown, to which the name supra-spinal muscles has been given.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) at Supra-spinatus Supra-spinal ligaments, are..1. The Dorso-lumbar-supra-spinal ligament,..extending above the spinous processes of the dorsal and lumbar vertebræ... 2. Cervical supra-spinal ligament,..which extends above all the cervical spinous processes.

1929 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 6 461/2 The thick supraspinal ligament connects the tips of the spinous processes.

2004 tr. R. Bahr & S. Mæhlum Clin. Guide Sports Injuries v. 97 The posterior column consists of the posterior arch with the laminae, the transverse processes, the facet joints, the ligamentum flavum, the supraspinal ligament.., and the interspinal ligament.

1838 G. Newport in London Med. Gaz. 17 Mar. 970/2 I had not, however, traced the direct communication between the dorsal vessel in the centipede and the structure in question.., which may be called the supra-spinal vessel.

1849 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 3 257 He appears, moreover, to consider that the parietes of the venous canals, and of the supra-spinal vessel of Newport, are not proper vascular walls.

1881 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 21 620 The supra-spinal artery of Scorpio is represented by a complete arterial investment of the nerve-ganglion collar.

1898 A. S. Packard Text-bk. Entomol. 240 The supraspinal cord. In the adult Lepidoptera has been detected..a long longitudinal cord of connective tissue forming a white or yellowish band.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 529/1 There is a primitive tendency in the Arthropoda for the arteries to accompany the nerve cords, and a ‘supra-spinal’ artery—that is to say, an artery in close relation to the ventral nerve cords—has been described in several cases.

1878 Med. Rec. 27 Apr. 343/1 The lesion in the spinal cord is always (?) on the side opposite to that on which the primary, supra-spinal disease exists.

1895 Lancet 16 Feb. 395/1 It is convenient to use such terms as ‘medulla region’ and ‘cord region’ of the level, and also ‘spinal’ and ‘supraspinal’ region.

1928 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 July 7/2 The lesion was probably due to damage of the supraspinal reflex tract.

1968 Brain 91 365 The after-discharge following stimulation in the cord deprived of supraspinal control may continue to spread via many interneuronal pathways.

2004 G. Stemmler in P. Philippot & R. S. Feldman Regulation Emotion ii. 37 Supraspinal centers in the lower brain stem perform the homeostatic regulation of the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system, and the gastrointestinal tract.