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SHOULDER JOINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
Synonyms:
articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("shoulder joint" is a kind of...):
articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)
Meronyms (parts of "shoulder joint"):
scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)
arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex humeral artery (an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles)
arteria circumflexa scapulae; circumflex scapular artery (an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area)
rotator cuff (a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move)
Holonyms ("shoulder joint" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
