HUMERUS (humeri)

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Irregular inflected form: humeri   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does humerus mean? 

• HUMERUS (noun)
  The noun HUMERUS has 1 sense:

1. bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

  Familiarity information: HUMERUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("humerus" is a kind of...):

arm bone (a bone in the arm)

Meronyms (parts of "humerus"):

deltoid eminence; deltoid tuberosity (a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches)

Holonyms ("humerus" is a part of...):

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

 Context examples 

A muscle originating at the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and inserted at the back base of the second metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and deviation of the wrist.

(Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus, NCI Thesaurus)

The anterior tubercle on the humerus neck where the subscapularis tendon inserts.

(Lesser Tuberosity, NCI Thesaurus)

The trough in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint.

(Glenoid Fossa, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone marrow in the humerus bone.

(Bone Marrow, Humerus, NCI Thesaurus)

Of the 206 bones in your body, 3 of them are in your arm; the humerus, radius and ulna.

(Arm Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

A joint involving the humerus, radius and ulna bones.

(Elbow Joint, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Additional portions of the skeleton — including neck vertebrae, ribs, a humerus and part of the lower jaw — were later recovered.

(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)

It usually affects the distal posterior femur, the proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.

(Parosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper rounded part of the humerus that fits into the glenoid cavity of the scapula.

(Head of the Humerus, NCI Thesaurus)

A traumatic or pathologic injury to the humerus in which the continuity of the humerus is broken.

(Humerus Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)