0 relating to the coracoid process (= the outer part of the shoulder blade and the collar bone): --
the coracoclavicular ligament
The ring is composed of the glenoid process, coracoid process, coracoclavicular ligament, distal clavicle, acromioclavicular joint, and acromial process.
The coracoclavicular ligaments connect the clavicle to the coracoid process.
This space is limited below by the fusion of the coracoclavicular fascia with the anterior wall of the axillary sheath.
Instead, if present at all, each is splint-like and lies along the medial border of the coracoid, attached there by a coracoclavicular ligament.
The procedure is done to essentially replace the coracoclavicular ligaments with the coracoacromial ligament.
The coracoclavicular fascia is pierced by the cephalic vein, thoracoacromial artery and vein, lymphatics and lateral pectoral nerve.
The two ligaments that form the coracoclavicular ligaments are the trapezoid and conoid ligaments.
