HyperDic: shoulder_bone

English > 1 sense of the expression shoulder bone:
NOUNbodyshoulder bone, scapula, shoulder bladeeither of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
English > shoulder bone: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings.
Synonymsscapula, shoulder blade
Part ofendoskeletonThe internal skeleton
shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeriA ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
Partsacromion, acromial processThe outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
glenoid fossa, glenoid cavityThe concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
Broaderbone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanishescápula, omóplato, paletilla
Catalanescàpula, omòplat

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