Medical term:
clavicle
clavicle
[klav´ĭ-k'l]an elongated, slender, curved bone lying horizontally at the root of the neck, in the upper part of the thorax; called also collar bone. See anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices. adj., adj clavic´ular.
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clav·i·cle
(klav'i-kĕl), [TA] Avoid the misspelling clavical.A doubly curved long bone that forms part of the shoulder girdle. Its medial end articulates with the manubrium sterni at the sternoclavicular joint, its lateral end with the acromion of the scapula at the acromioclavicular joint.
Synonym(s): clavicula [TA], collar bone
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clavicle
(klăv′ĭ-kəl)n.
1. Either of two slender bones in humans that extend from the manubrium of the sternum to the acromion of the scapula. Also called collarbone.
2. One of the bones of the pectoral girdle in many vertebrates.
cla·vic′u·lar (klə-vĭk′yə-lər) adj.
cla·vic′u·late′ (-lāt′) adj.
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clav·i·cle
(klav'i-kĕl) [TA]A doubly curved long bone that forms part of the shoulder girdle. Its medial end articulates with the manubrium sterni at the sternoclavicular joint; its lateral end with the acromion of the scapula at the acromioclavicular joint.
Synonym(s): clavicula [TA] , collar bone.
Synonym(s): clavicula [TA] , collar bone.
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clavicle
The collar-bone, which runs from the upper and outer corner of the breastbone (sternum) to connect to a process on the outer side of the shoulder-blade (scapula).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Fig. 108 Clavicle . Location on left side of a primate.
clavicle
a bone associated with the ventral side of the shoulder girdle on each side of many vertebrates. In humans it is the collar bone.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
clav·i·cle
(klav'i-kĕl) [TA]A doubly curved long bone that forms part of the shoulder girdle.
Synonym(s): collar bone.
Synonym(s): collar bone.
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