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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 744 The Armes are each of them moued with 8. [muscles] their names are Deltoides, supra-spinatus, latissimus, rotundus maior, pectoralis, Infra-spinatus, rotundus minor & subscapularis.

1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide v. xxiii. 225 The Supraspinatus being thrust into the Cavity above the Spina or sharp point of the Scapula, and being conveighed under the Shoulder tip, is inserted into the Neck of the Arm.

1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. 139 The Supra-Spinatus is commonly supposed to join with the Deltoides in lifting up the Arm.

1786 J. Aitken Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 52 The space above the spine contains the supraspinatus muscle.

1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. vi. 374 The supra-spinatus is placed at the superior part of the shoulder in the supra-spinous fossa of the scapula.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 838/2 The muscles which cause these movements are inserted into the humerus; the supra-spinatus, infra-spinatus, and teres minor into the great tuberosity; the sub scapularis into the small tuberosity.

1909 St. Louis Med. Rev. 3 21/2 In normal action..the power of the supraspinatus keeps the tuberosity from seeking as a fulcrum on the acromion and coraco-acromial ligament.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) ix. 296 In mammals this muscle [sc. the supracoracoideus] is present in the form of the infraspinatus and supraspinatus muscles on the scapula.

2003 National Post (Canada) 29 Mar. s3/6 An MRI performed on his shoulder Tuesday revealed a ‘fisura’—a crack, in English—in the supraspinatus muscle.