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{{short description|Group of muscles}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox anatomy | Name = Rotator cuff | Latin =musculi cuffiae musculotendineae | Precursor = | System = | Artery =[[Suprascapular artery]], [[circumflex scapular artery]]<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/pdf/ijmorphol/v32n1/art23.pdf|title=Arterial Supply to the Rotator Cuff Muscles |last1=Naidoo |first1=N. |last2=Lazarus |first2=L. |last3=De Gama |first3=B. Z. |last4=Ajayi |first4=N. O. |last5=Satyapal |first5=K. S|journal=International Journal of Morphology|year=2014|issue=1|pages=136β140|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929022513/https://scielo.conicyt.cl/pdf/ijmorphol/v32n1/art23.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | Vein = | Nerve =[[Subscapular nerve]], [[suprascapular nerve]], [[axillary nerve]] | Lymph =[[Axillary lymph nodes]] |acronym=SITS muscle}} [[File:Shoulder joint bf.svg|thumb|400px|Right shoulder joint. Posterior view at left. Anterior view at right. 1. [[Clavicle]], 2. [[Scapula]] (with 3. [[Scapular spine]], 4. [[Coracoid process]], 5.[[Acromion]]), 6. [[Humerus]]; Joints: 7. [[Acromioclavicular joint|Acromioclavicular (AC)]], 8. [[Glenohumeral joint|Glenohumeral]]; 9: [[Synovial bursa|Bursa]]; '''10. Rotator cuff (with 11. [[Supraspinatus muscle|Supraspinatus]], 12. [[Subscapularis muscle|Subscapularis]], 13. [[Infraspinatus muscle|Infraspinatus]], 14. [[Teres minor muscle|Teres minor]])''', 15. [[Biceps muscle]]]] The '''rotator cuff (SITS muscles)''' is a group of [[muscle]]s and their [[tendon]]s that act to stabilize the human [[shoulder]] and allow for its extensive [[range of motion]]. Of the seven [[scapulohumeral muscles]], four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are: * [[supraspinatus muscle]] * [[infraspinatus muscle]] * [[teres minor muscle]] * [[subscapularis muscle]].
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