Origin and Insertion
It arises from its medial two-thirds and from the lower two-thirds of the groove on the axillary border (subscapular fossa) of the scapula.
Some fibers arise from tendinous laminae which intersect the muscle and are attached to ridges on the bone; others from an aponeurosis, which separates the muscle from the teres major and the long head of the triceps brachii.
The fibers pass laterally and coalesce into a tendon which inserts into the lesser tubercle of the humerus and the anterior part of the shoulder-joint capsule.
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