What is "supraspinal"

Supraspinal \Su`pra*spi"nal\, a. (Anat.)

1. Situated above the vertebral column.

2. Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

a. Positioned above the spine

Supraspinal means above the spine, and may refer to,

above the spinal cord and vertebral column:

• brain

or above the spine of scapula:

• supraspinatus muscle
• supraspinatous fascia
• supraspinatous fossa
• supraspinous ligament