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Rotator Cuff

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Noun

1. rotator cuff

a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rotator Cuff

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noun
anatomy
the structure around the shoulder joint consisting of the capsule of the joint along with the tendons of the adjacent muscles

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Rotator Cuff

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a group of muscles, under the deltoid muscle, covering the shoulder joint and connecting the humerus to the scapula: it controls shoulder rotation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rotator Cuff

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n.
1. An anatomical structure composed of the tendons of four muscles that control rotation of the shoulder and of parts of the capsule of the shoulder joint.
2. The set of four muscles that control rotation of the shoulder.

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