shoulder girdle

noun

1. pectoral girdle ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoulder girdle¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

If you don’t have the requisite strength in your shoulder girdle muscles, for example, it’s no wonder your shoulders tend to hunch forward.

From Popular-Science

This kind of shoulder-girdle is found in the genera from the Lias and the Oolitic rocks, both of this country and Germany.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus there is very little in common between the several reptilian types of shoulder-girdle.

From Project Gutenberg

The shoulder girdle is made up of the collar bones and shoulder blades.

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A case has been reported in which there was a total lesion of the brachial plexus, including the muscles of the shoulder girdle.

From Project Gutenberg

The shoulder-girdle, as in the shark, is a single cartilage, but it supports a pair of superficial membrane-bones.

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