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Definition of Pectoral girdle
1. Noun. A skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached.
Terms within: Pectoral Arch, Shoulder Girdle
Group relationships: Appendicular Skeleton
Definition of Pectoral girdle
1. Noun. (anatomy) The bony or cartilaginous assembly that supports the forelimbs in vertebrates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pectoral girdle
1. shoulder girdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectoral Girdle
Literary usage of Pectoral girdle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The pectoral girdle.—This girdle only becomes connected (except in Chelonians)
with the ventral part of the appendicular skeleton,—to wit, where it abuts ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"also derives the pectoral girdle from a branchial arch, and, according to ...
The attachment of the pectoral girdle to the skull recalls the connection of ..."
3. The Alligator and Its Allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"There is no clavicle nor other coracoid elements. FIG. 27. pectoral girdle AND
ANTERIOR LIMB. c. coracoid; ce, centrale; cl, claw; ..."
4. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"The so-called pelvic girdle of the hinder extremity is considerably simpler than
the pectoral girdle. Among the Selachii it appears as a paired or un- ..."
5. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"Left lateral aspect of the cartilage-bones of the pectoral girdle. r- s, ...
No sternum, pectoral girdle or pectoral limb, and only occasionally traces of ..."
6. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"In the case of the pectoral girdle secondary membrane bones become added to the
... The dorsal or scapular section of the pectoral girdle remains free ..."
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