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Joint, Ligament and Tendon Conditions

What Is the Normal Range of Motion in the Shoulder?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Dr. Robert Manning

The shoulder joint is a shallow ball-and-socket joint between the humerus -- upper-arm bone -- and the glenoid fossa of the scapula -- shoulder blade. A unique joint, the shoulder has only one bony attachment to the rest of the skeleton in the clavicle -- collarbone -- where it attaches to the scapula.