Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two large, flat, triangular bones forming the back part of the shoulder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the shoulder-blade, or blade-bone, or omoplate.
- noun In Crinoidea, one of the plates in the cup which give rise to the arms.
- noun In entomology: One of the parapsides or plicæ scapulares on the side of the mesothorax.
- noun A pleura, including the episternum and epimeron, the latter being distinguished by Burmeister as the posterior wing of the scapula. Also
scapularium . Seeparapsis . - noun A shoulder-tippet, or shoulder-cover. See
patagium . - noun A trochanter of the fore leg.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy Either of the two large, flat,
bones forming the back of theshoulder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And of course, when we look at Kadanuumuu's shoulder blade, or what we call the scapula, it has so many features that are shared with gorillas than to the exclusion of chimpanzees.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The scapulars of the bird derive from the Latin word scapula which among humans it is the shoulder blade.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Dresler101 2010
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The scapulars of the bird derive from the Latin word scapula which among humans it is the shoulder blade.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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The scapulars of the bird derive from the Latin word scapula which among humans it is the shoulder blade.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Dresler101 2010
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So I felt like I had several fractured ribs, and my scapula, which is the wing bone in the right back, that was real painful.
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Thus the scapula, which is the pleurapophysis of the occipital vertebra, is vertical on its first appearance in the embryo of tetrapoda, and lies close up to the head
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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One practical point of importance with regard to the scapula was the frequency with which bullets lodged in the venter, or the firmly bound-down muscles of the supra - and infra-spinous fossæ.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The muscles which raise the scapula are the upper fibers of the Trapezius, the Levator scapulæ, and the Rhomboidei; those which depress it are the lower fibers of the Trapezius, the Pectoralis minor, and, through the elavicle, the Subclavius.
III. Syndesmology. 6c. Humeral Articulation or Shoulder-joint 1918
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The neck of the scapula is the slightly constricted portion which surrounds the head; it is more distinct below and behind than above and in front.
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There are often heat, pain, and swelling in the muscular mass at the elbow, though at times a hollow, or depression, may be observed near the posterior border of the scapula, which is probably the seat of injury.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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