Clavicle - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: clavicleClavicle
The collar bone which is joined at one end to the scapula or shoulder blade and at the other to the sternum or breastbone In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter unr and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally forming the merrythought or wishbone...
Clavicular
Of or pertaining to the clavicle...
collarbone
The clavicle a bone linking the scapula and sternum...
Epicleidium
A projection formed by a separate ossification at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds...
VerbarFurculum
The wishbone or merrythought of birds formed by the united clavicles...
Infraclavicular
Below the clavicle as the infraclavicular fossa...
Interclavicular
Between the clavicles as the interclavicular notch of the sternum...
Omosternum
The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage...
Postclavicle
A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle...
Precoracoid
The anterior part of the coracoid often closely united with the clavicle in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians...
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