articulatio humeri
English Thesaurus
1. a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint, |
| definition | : | a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone, |
| definition | : | either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | arteria circumflexa humeri, circumflex humeral artery, |
| definition | : | an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | arteria circumflexa scapulae, circumflex scapular artery, |
| definition | : | an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | rotator cuff, |
| definition | : | a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | shoulder, |
| definition | : | lift onto one's shoulders (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | shoulder, |
| definition | : | lift onto one's shoulders (verb.contact) |
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