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  2. Shoulder girdle - Wikipedia

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    The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side. In humans, it consists of the clavicle and scapula ; in those species with three bones in the shoulder, it consists of the clavicle, scapula, and coracoid .

  3. Coracoid - Wikipedia

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    The acrocoracoid process is an expansion adjacent to this contact surface, to which the shoulderward end of the biceps brachii muscle attaches in these animals. In birds (and generally theropods and related animals), the entire unit is rigid and called scapulocoracoid. This plays a major role in bird flight.

  4. Glenoid fossa - Wikipedia

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    The glenoid fossa of the scapula or the glenoid cavity is a bone part of the shoulder.The word glenoid is pronounced / ˈ ɡ l iː n ɔɪ d / or / ˈ ɡ l ɛ n ɔɪ d / (both are common) and is from Greek: gléne, "socket", reflecting the shoulder joint's ball-and-socket form. [1]

  5. Pectoralis minor - Wikipedia

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    Medial border and superior surface of the coracoid process of the scapula: Artery: Pectoral branch of the thoracoacromial trunk: Nerve: Medial pectoral nerve (C8) Actions: Stabilizes the scapula by drawing it inferiorly and anteriorly against the thoracic wall, raises ribs in inhalation: Identifiers; Latin: musculus pectoralis minor: TA98: A04 ...

  6. Upper limb - Wikipedia

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    The shoulder girdle [5] or pectoral girdle, [6] composed of the clavicle and the scapula, connects the upper limb to the axial skeleton through the sternoclavicular joint (the only joint in the upper limb that directly articulates with the trunk), a ball and socket joint supported by the subclavius muscle which acts as a dynamic ligament. While ...

  7. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...

  8. Surface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Surface anatomy (also called superficial anatomy and visual anatomy) is the study of the external features of the body of an animal. [1] In birds , this is termed topography . Surface anatomy deals with anatomical features that can be studied by sight, without dissection .

  9. File:Pectoral girdle front diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: The pectoral girdle is the set of bones which connect the upper limb to the axial skeleton on each side. It consists of the clavicle and scapula in humans and, in those species with three bones in the pectoral girdle, the coracoid. Some mammalian species (e.g. dog and horse) have evolved to have only the scapula.