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clavicle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | collarbone |
| Type of | bone, os |
Examples of clavicle
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Not long after, the defense knocked Romo out of the game with a broken clavicle.
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He discovered that Sean's clavicle was not fractured, but dislocated, backward.
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Romo suffered a fractured left clavicle and is expected to miss several weeks.
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The Kings sent Moller for further tests, which revealed the clavicle fracture.
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This comes after missing four months during the season with a broken clavicle.
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If the underside of the clavicle is torn, it is referred to as a major injury.
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Honeycutt suffered a broken clavicle and several cuts and bruises to his face.
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Adam LaRoche was struck in the clavicle by a Randy Flores pitch in the eighth.
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Her face was cut by the broken glass, and both her ankles and clavicle were broken.
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- Bone linking the scapula and sternum
- In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is classified as a long bone that makes up part of the shoulder girdle (pectoral girdle). It receives its name from the Latin clavicula ("little key") because the bone rotates along its axis like a key when the shoulder is abducted. ...
- The prominent bone between the shoulder and the neck
- The word clavicles derives from the Latin "clavicula" meaning the collar-bone. Each clavicle articulates by its dorsal end with a process on the median side of the dorsal end of the coracoid, or with the scapula, or with both; the ventral ends of the two clavicles generally fuse with each other, ...
- The collarbone. This bone is used as a strut to strengthen the upper skeleton, particularly the arms, while hanging; it also acts as a crankshaft when raising the arm.
- Diminutive of Latin clavis = key - old Roman key was S-shaped.
- Refers to a doubly-curved long bone located directly above the first rib that connects the arm to the body, allowing maximum range of motion.
- Clavicula is Latin for tendril. The name of the bone was apparently reminiscent of a tendril because of its twining course in connecting the scapula to the sternum.
- These small bones are known as the collarbones and serve mainly as a brace to hold the shoulders and arms out at the proper distance. They also act as a brace. The clavicles actually get noticeably larger and stronger in response to long term stress, such as when you work out regularly. ...
