SHOULDER JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shoulder joint mean? 

• SHOULDER JOINT (noun)
  The noun SHOULDER JOINT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHOULDER JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOULDER JOINT (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 ("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)

 Context examples 

The trough in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint.

(Glenoid Fossa, NCI Thesaurus)