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There are two clavicles, one on each side of the body. The clavicle is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally. [2] Together with the shoulder blade, it makes up the shoulder girdle. It is a palpable bone and, in people who have less fat in this region, the location of the bone is clearly visible.
Steel collar to protect the neck and cover the neck opening in a complete cuirass. Quite unlike a modern shirt collar in that as well as covering the front and back of the neck it also covers part of the clavicles and sternum and a like area on the back. Standard, pixane, or bishop's mantle: A mail or leather collar.
The sternum is a narrow, flat bone, forming the middle portion of the front of the chest. The top of the sternum supports the clavicles (collarbones) and its edges join with the costal cartilages of the first two pairs of ribs. The inner surface of the sternum is also the attachment of the sternopericardial ligaments. [2]
Please tell me an answer as soon as possible. If my quess is not right please tell me which bone is the weakest in the human body. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.19.190.51 02:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC) I believe that's correct, the clavicle is the weakest and the femur is the strongest.
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The sloth bear uses their digits and large claws to tear logs open rather than kill prey. Other insectivorous species, such as the giant and red pandas , have developed large sesamoid bones in their paws that serve as an extra "thumb" while others, such as the meerkat , uses their limbs primary for digging and have vestigial first digits.
The scapula (pl.: scapulae or scapulas [1]), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone). Like their connected bones, the scapulae are paired, with each scapula on either side of the body being roughly a mirror image of the other.
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