SCAPULA (scapulae)

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Irregular inflected form: scapulae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scapula mean? 

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

1. either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAPULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone

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

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "scapula"):

glenoid cavity; glenoid fossa (the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint)

acromial process; acromion (the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade)

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

articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

Derivation:

scapular (relating to or near the shoulder blade)

 Context examples 

One of a pair of bones linking the scapula and the sternum.

(Clavicle, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper distal process of the scapula.

(Acromion, 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)

Its action involves lowering the scapula and raising the ribs.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant disorder affecting the skeletal muscles of the face, scapula, and upper arm.

(Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle arising from the coracoid process of the scapula, inserted in the medial border of the humerus, and acts to adduct and flex the arm.

(Coracobrachialis, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Head of the Humerus, NCI Thesaurus)

The junction of the upper distal end of the scapula to the distal edge of the collarbone, also known as the acromion and the clavicle.

(Acromioclavicular Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the four muscles comprising the rotator cuff that is triangular in shape and extends from the infraspinatus fossa of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus.

(Infraspinatus, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone marrow in the scapula.

(Bone Marrow, Scapula, NCI Thesaurus)