Clinical Anatomy of the Rotator Cuff

Introduction

Traditional comprehension of anatomy cannot keep up with technologic progress in medicine, especially advances in shoulder surgery. The rapid pace of technologic change in arthroscopic procedures and practices and advances in imaging methods require a better comprehension of detailed arthroscopic structures that cannot be observed by human visual means. Due to the current high numbers of arthroscopic surgeries, it is critical that this covers both histologic characteristics and spatial relationships between structures. In this chapter, we show some anatomic knowledge of the muscles of the rotator cuff.