The scapulars of the bird derive from the Latin word scapula which among humans it is the shoulder blade. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
So I felt like I had several fractured ribs, and my scapula, which is the wing bone in the right back, that was real painful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2005] Reference
Thus the scapula, which is the pleurapophysis of the occipital vertebra, is vertical on its first appearance in the embryo of tetrapoda, and lies close up to the head. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
This instructional manual even gives both the Latin and the common terms for particular body parts such as scapula / shoulder blade. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Ayla had heard skull drums and Tornec's scapula played. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
The part of the scapula forming the tip of the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
These are in the outside of the humerus and in the scapula. From Wordnik.com. [Applied Psychology for Nurses] Reference
'It was under the right scapula, between the third and fourth rib. From Wordnik.com. [With No One as Witness]
Outward end of the spine of the scapula or shoulder blade. adipose. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Removed from beneath skin of back after it had perforated the scapula. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Flat bones are like those found in the skull, ribs, sternum and scapula. From Wordnik.com. [We���re Born With 270 Bones. As Adults We Have 206] Reference
The acromion, in man, arises from the scapula differently from most other animals. From Wordnik.com. [Instruments Of Reduction] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He took a scapula and cut me back open so I would heal better. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2008] Reference
The only special indication was to keep the scapula at rest for a sufficient period. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The scapula in mammals is an example of what Owen calls a "homologically compound" bone. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He took a scapula and cut me back open and said I would heal better. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2008] Reference
The bones of the shoulder are the collar bone (clavicle), and the shoulder blade (scapula). From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
"The first one exited right through her scapula," Claire went on, easing the tiny body over on its side. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
"The first one exited right through her scapula, " Claire went on, easing the tiny body over on its side. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
The only treatment given was the application of a pitch plaster from the top of the scapula to the radius. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
A gaping incised wound extended from above the angle of the scapula down to the outer surface of the buttock. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
She immediately turned her back to the mirror, looking over her left shoulder at a spot high above her scapula. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Revenge]
The scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The Upper Arm. The two bones of the shoulder, the scapula and the clavicle, serve in man to attach the arm to the trunk. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
What does the painted seal scapula found in the cave at Knysna tell us about the hunter-gatherer society that created it?. From Wordnik.com. [Tracking Hunter-Gatherers] Reference
But there are some more subtle changes in some of the bones, the clavicle, the scapula, there ` s another bone of the back. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008] Reference
But there is no teleological reason why the coracoid process of the scapula should in all mammals develop from a separate centre. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
I know there are physical changes with maturity, but I don't think the scapula is going to migrate from the fifth rib to the fourth. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Its superior extremity forms a flattened head that fits rather imperfectly into a shallow cavity in the humeral angle of the scapula. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This involves stretching and strengthening the rotator cuff muscles as well as the muscles that stabilize the scapula (or shoulder blade). From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano: Baseball Season Means Shoulder Pain] Reference
The scapula, covered by thick carneous masses, does not lie in the living body directly upon the osseous-thorax, neither does the clavicle. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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