clavicle
- a bone of the pectoral arch.
- (in humans) either of two slender bones, each articulating with the sternum and a scapula and forming the anterior part of a shoulder; collarbone.
Origin of clavicle
Examples from the Web for clavicular
Historical Examples of clavicular
The following is a striking example of the evil of clavicular breathing.
The Mechanism of the Human VoiceEmil Behnke
The clavicular and abdominal air cells are perhaps the most interesting.
Dragons of the AirH. G. Seeley
Thus the clavicular arch is placed in front of the scapular arch.
Dragons of the AirH. G. Seeley
The sterno-cleido mastoid, whose inferior attachments we mentioned above, cannot have a clavicular portion.
Artistic Anatomy of Animalsdouard Cuyer
Hence the clavicular arch may be lost, though the collar bones are retained in man.
Dragons of the AirH. G. Seeley
clavicle
- either of the two bones connecting the shoulder blades with the upper part of the breastboneNontechnical name: collarbone
- the corresponding structure in other vertebrates
Word Origin for clavicle
Word Origin and History for clavicular
clavicle
"collarbone," 1610s, from Middle French clavicule "collarbone" (16c.), also "small key," from Medieval Latin clavicula "collarbone" (used c.980 in a translation of Avicenna), special use of classical Latin clavicula, literally "small key, bolt," diminutive of clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)); in the anatomical sense a loan-translation of Greek kleis "key, collarbone." So called supposedly from its function as the "fastener" of the shoulder. Related: Clavicular.
clavicle
(klăv′ĭ-kəl)- Either of two slender bones that extend from the manubrium of the sternum to the acromion of the scapula.collarbone
clavicle
- Either of two slender bones that extend from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder. Also called collarbone