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Humerus   /hjˈumərəs/   Listen
Humerus

noun
(pl. humeri)
1.
Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow.





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... resembles that of the cetacean Hyperoodon, but the supra-spinous fossa is larger and more seal-like; as is the humerus, which differs from that of the Cetacea in presenting true articular surfaces for the free jointing of the bones of the fore-arm. In the apparently complete absence of hinder limbs, and in the characters of the vertebral column, the Zeuglodon lies on the cetacean side of the boundary line; ...
— Critiques and Addresses • Thomas Henry Huxley


Words linked to "Humerus" :   arm bone, deltoid tuberosity, arm, deltoid eminence


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