Bicipital Groove Retinaculum

Gray s anatomy 2008 online edition and clinical orthopaedic examination magee 2005 propose that the transverse humeral ligament thl runs from the lesser tubercle to the greater tubercle of the humerus covering the long head of biceps with the bicipital groove and acting as a retinaculum assisting the long head of biceps to stay in.

Bicipital groove retinaculum. Biceps tendon tear with loose body in the bicipital groove high grade partial supraspinatus tear subscapularis tendinosis in a 65 year old female. The most common traumatic injury to the bicep is to rupture the long head tendon close to where it inserts at the shoulder. Bicipital tendinitis or biceps tendinitis is an inflammatory process of the long head of the biceps tendon and is a common cause of shoulder pain due to its position and function. When this breaks the tendon flicks in and out depending on load.

The tendon is exposed on the anterior shoulder as it passes through the humeral bicipital groove and inserts onto the superior aspect of the labrum of the glenohu. It also transmits a branch of the anterior humeral. Occasionally the soft tissue restraints that maintain the position of the long head of the biceps tendon within the groove can be injured allowing the tendon to sublux or partially dislocate in and out of. Biceps brachii long head rupture in a 72 year old male.