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Definition of Shoulder girdle
1. Noun. The bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans.
Definition of Shoulder girdle
1. Noun. (anatomy) The human pectoral girdle, consisting of the collarbones and shoulder blades ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoulder Girdle
Literary usage of Shoulder girdle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"THE UPPER EXTREMITY. The bones of the upper extremity consist of those of the
shoulder girdle, of the arm, the forearm, and the hand. ..."
2. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1914)
"Fixation of the shoulder girdle. The habitual position of the shoulder girdle
relative to the thorax is largely a matter of balance of tone on the part of ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... 52 Shoulder-girdle of Sebastolobus alascanus 52 Cranium of ... 65 Pectoral
Fin of a Shark, Chiloscyllium 66 Skull and Shoulder-girdle of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"On the Development and Morphology of the Marsupial Shoulder-Girdle. By R. Broom,
MD, B.Sc. Communicated by Sir WILLIAM TURNER. ..."
5. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"... THE LEFT UPPER EXTREMITIES AND shoulder girdle T. 0., aged thirty-two, a police
sergeant. History.—November 8th, while on a rapidly moving motor cycle, ..."
6. An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia by William Henry Flower (1885)
"The anterior limb is present, and fully developed, in all Mammals, being composed
of a shoulder girdle and three divisions belonging to the limb proper, ..."
7. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"DERMAL shoulder girdle (Figs. 118, 120, and 121) As in other primitive tetrapods,
the dermal shoulder girdle consists of a median clavicle and paired ..."
8. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"DERMAL shoulder girdle (Figs. 118, 120, and 121) As in other primitive tetrapods,
the dermal shoulder girdle consists of a median clavicle and paired ..."
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