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Definition of Shoulder joint
1. Noun. A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.
Terms within: Scapula, Shoulder Blade, Shoulder Bone, Arteria Circumflexa Humeri, Circumflex Humeral Artery, Arteria Circumflexa Scapulae, Circumflex Scapular Artery, Rotator Cuff
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Generic synonyms: Articulatio Spheroidea, Ball-and-socket Joint, Cotyloid Joint, Enarthrodial Joint, Enarthrosis, Spheroid Joint
Derivative terms: Shoulder
Definition of Shoulder joint
1. Noun. A common term for glenohumeral joint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Shoulder joint
1. A ball-and-socket synovial joint between the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Synonym: articulatio humeri, glenohumeral articulation, humeral articulation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoulder Joint
Literary usage of Shoulder joint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"ARTICULATIO HUMERI (SHOULDER-JOINT). Before proceeding to the dissection of the
forearm it is advisable to study the shoulder-joint, because if this is ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The subscapular bursa and the inter tubercular bursa are extensions of the sac
of the shoulder joint, and do not become inflamed except when the joint ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OP IRREDUCIBLE SHOULDER-JOINT LUXATION. ... Twenty cases
of shoulder- joint resection were followed by four deaths; the result in ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"Clinic of % Excision of the Shoulder-joint for Disease.—Dr. Ewens, of Cerne Abbas,
reports two cases of disease of the shoulder, in one of which an ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"Its inferior surface looks downwards upon the shoulder-joint, the superior is
covered by the deltoid muscle. It completes the arch formed by the coracoid ..."
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