Bicipital Groove

The bicipital groove is an osseous groove formed in the humeral head by the medial and lateral tuberosities. It serves to retain the long head of the biceps brachii. In this project, we investigate the relationship between the 3D shape of the bicipital groove and the incidence of pathology of the long biceps tendon.


Bicipital groove segmentation from CT data.


Two views of a humeral head extracted from MRI, with the bicipital groove indicated.