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Definition of clavicle

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Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..

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Subcolumnar :: Subclavian (a.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries..

Interclavicle :: Interclavicle (n.) See Episternum.

Supracondylar :: Supraclavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.

Clavicle :: Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..

Post-temporal :: Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.

Supraclavicular :: Supraclavicular (a.) Situated above the clavicle.

Furculum :: Furculum (n.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles..

Trapezoid :: Trapezoid (a.) Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoidal; as, the trapezoid ligament which connects the coracoid process and the clavicle..

Collar Bone :: Collar bone () The clavicle.

Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.

Epicleidium :: Epicleidium (n.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds..

Episternum :: Episternum (n.) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle..

Clavicular :: Clavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Interclavicular :: Interclavicular (a.) Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum..

Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle..

Interclavicular :: Interclavicular (a.) Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.

Supraclavicular :: Supraclavicle (n.) A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

Scapulo- :: Scapulo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle..

Infraclavicular :: Infraclavicular (a.) Below the clavicle; as, the infraclavicular fossa..

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.