scapulohumeral
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of scapulohumeral
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Case 8.—A two-year-old brown gelding with a wire-wound opening the scapulohumeral joint.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
After-care consists in restriction of exercise and, if necessary, confining the subject in a sling and the application of a vesicant over the scapulohumeral region.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
The suprascapular nerve is rather frequently injured causing partial or complete loss of function of the structures supplied by this nerve, and abduction of the scapulohumeral joint naturally results.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
In consequence of loss of power in the triceps and anterior brachial muscles, the arm is extended and straightened on the shoulder, the scapulohumeral angle is open, and the elbow depressed.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
This synovial bursa forms a smooth groove through which the biceps brachii glides in the anterior scapulohumeral region.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
