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HUMERUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: humeri   

 I. (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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A rounded convex section on the outer side of the head of the humerus where the supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor tendons attach.

(Greater Tuberosity, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle in the forearm running from the head of the humerus to the radial side of the wrist that flexes and radially abducts the hand.

(Flexor Carpi Radialis, 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)

A muscle that originates from the lower two-thirds of the anterior surface of the humerus that flexes the elbow.

(Brachialis, NCI Thesaurus)

The throwing arms of baseball players had more bone on the outer surface of the humerus (cortical bone), creating a bone with a bigger diameter.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)

It affects the long bones, and most commonly, the distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.

(Childhood Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Childhood Parosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It often involves the long bones (particularly distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus).

(Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects the long bones and most commonly, the distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.

(Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Its action involves flexion, medial rotation, and adduction of the humerus.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)