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Shoulder joint   /ʃˈoʊldər dʒɔɪnt/   Listen
Shoulder joint

noun
1.
A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.  Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder.






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"Shoulder joint" Quotes from Famous Books



... obliquely across the body until the thumb, knuckles being turned out, reaches a point about the height of the belt plate. The upper arm does not move beyond the perpendicular plane while the forearm is swung forward, though the arm hangs loosely from the shoulder joint. The forearm swing ends precisely at the moment the left heel strikes the ground; the arm is then relaxed and allowed to swing down and backward by its own weight until it reaches a point where the thumb is about the breadth of a hand to the rear of the buttocks. As the right arm swings ...
— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss



Words linked to "Shoulder joint" :   shoulder bone, body, circumflex humeral artery, arteria circumflexa scapulae, articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, rotator cuff, shoulder blade, scapula, torso, enarthrodial joint, ball-and-socket joint, circumflex scapular artery, enarthrosis, arteria circumflexa humeri, spheroid joint, trunk



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