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Shoulder joint   /ʃˈoʊldər dʒɔɪnt/   Listen
Shoulder joint

noun
1.
A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.  Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder.






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"Shoulder joint" Quotes from Famous Books



... close to the shoulder joint," he announced. "Collar-bone too. I'll give him some brandy. Shout to those ...
— The Long Portage • Harold Bindloss

... where she had fallen, breathless from the shock; then she lifted herself slowly up. One arm hung useless by her side; it was dislocated at the shoulder joint; but the other was raised to heaven, and she muttered some words in her native tongue, and then turned and walked away until she ...
— Cruel As The Grave • Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

... from the saddle, my foot and the staff that I carry for placing my compass on catching in the stirrup-iron. Finding that he was dragging me, he commenced kicking at a fearful rate; he struck me on the shoulder joint, knocked my hat off, and grazed my forehead. I soon got clear, but found the kick on my shoulder very painful. Mounted again, and at seven miles we came upon some more low hills with another prominent peak of a dark-red sandstone. This I have named Mount Peake, after E.J. Peake, Esquire, of ...
— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart



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