ARTICULATIO HUMERI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articulatio humeri mean? 

• ARTICULATIO HUMERI (noun)
  The noun ARTICULATIO HUMERI has 1 sense:

1. a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

  Familiarity information: ARTICULATIO HUMERI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICULATIO HUMERI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint

Hypernyms ("articulatio humeri" 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 "articulatio humeri"):

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 ("articulatio humeri" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)