title: [Topography of the upper biceps tendon segment].
abstract: 26 shoulders are studied by polariscopic and histologic examination. It can be confirmed that the origin of the long biceps tendon is not only at the supraglenoid tubercle, but also y-shaped in the glenoid labrum. This finding can be explained by phylogenetic means. Further details are found during the course of the tendon through the bicipital groove. A mesotenonium is seen regularly. This is fixed either to the roof or the ground of the sulcus by a band of connective tissue. It is shown also, that the roof of the groove is not a ligament (ligamentum transversum humeri) but consists of collagen fibers continuing from the subscapularis and capsular attachment at the lesser tubercle.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hermann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Zur Topographie des oberen Bicepssehnenabschnittes.