shoulder girdle

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Origin of shoulder girdle

First recorded in 1865–70

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.
Perfect posture doesn’t exist—but you can still improve yours|empire|June 15, 2021|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.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
Thus there is very little in common between the several reptilian types of shoulder-girdle.
Dragons of the Air|H. G. Seeley
The shoulder girdle is made up of the collar bones and shoulder blades.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin

A case has been reported in which there was a total lesion of the brachial plexus, including the muscles of the shoulder girdle.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
The shoulder-girdle, as in the shark, is a single cartilage, but it supports a pair of superficial membrane-bones.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan