Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or connecting the sternum and the clavicle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the sternum and the clavicle. Also
sternoclidal , and sometimesclidosternal .
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Examples
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His shambolic 5-7 team has won two games in a row but isn ' t considered playoff pudding, and his consecutive-games-started record is in jeopardy thanks to a strained sternoclavicular joint.
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An MRI of Brett Favre's shoulder confirmed that he has a sprained sternoclavicular joint, according to Minnesota Vikings Coach Leslie Frazier.
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Favre sprained his sternoclavicular joint Dec. 5 against the Buffalo Bills and had been listed as doubtful for tonight's game against the New York Giants in Detroit.
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An MRI of Brett Favre's shoulder confirmed that he has a sprained sternoclavicular joint, according to Minnesota Vikings Coach Leslie Frazier.
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You're going to compare the situation to Favre's stavernocavicular sternoclavicular injury?
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The strained sternoclavicular joint may be the highlight of Mr. Favre ' s year.
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Favre will test his arm and shoulder he has a sternoclavicular injury about three hours before the game.
Brett Favre upgraded to questionable in snowy, frozen TCF Bank Stadium
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Also well-known to all thyroid surgeons is the "Kocher incision", a transverse, slightly curved incision about 2 cm above the sternoclavicular joints.
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At the upper part of the chest, behind the manubrium, they are separated by an angular interval; the line of reflection being represented by a line drawn from the sternoclavicular articulation to the mid-point of the junction of the manubrium with the body of the sternum.
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Its lower and stronger fibers move forward the lower angle and assist the Trapezius in rotating the bone at the sternoclavicular joint, and thus assist this muscle in raising the acromion and supporting weights upon the shoulder.
IV. Myology. The Muscles Connecting the Upper Extremity to the Anterior and Lateral Thoracic Walls
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