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coracoid
coracoid, a. and n. Anat. (ˈkɒrəkɔɪd) [ad. medical L. coracoīdēs, a. Gr. κορακοειδής (also κορακώδης) raven-like, f. κόραξ raven, crow: see -oid.] A. adj. 1. Beaked like a crow. Applied to a process of bone (coracoid process), extending from the scapula or shoulder-blade toward the sternum or breast...
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Coracoid
Monotremes, as well as the extinct therapsids, possess both the coracoid bone of reptiles (aka the procoracoid, or anterior coracoid), and the coracoid See also
Coracoid process
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FishBase (2006): Glossary: Coracoid. Version of 2006-NOV-27. Retrieved 2007-MAY-23.
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Coracoid tubercle
The coracoid tubercle is a prominent area on the anterior surface of the coracoid, just ventral to the shoulder socket (glenoid). Thus, they preferred the term "coracoid tubercle".
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coracoidal
coracoidal, a. (kɒrəˈkɔɪdəl) [f. coracoid n. + -al.] Of or pertaining to the coracoid.1893 Lydekker in Proc. Zool. Soc. 14 Feb. 172 The coracoidal element forms a small moiety of the glenoid cavity. 1964 J. A. Peters Dict. Herpetol. 73 Evidence today indicates that ancestral reptiles have two coraco...
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Coracoid tuberosity
Coracoid tuberosity may refer to:
coracoid process of the scapula
conoid tubercle of the clavicle
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coraco-
coraco- (ˈkɒrəkəʊ-) corresp. to Gr. κορακο- combining form of κόραξ raven, crow, now used in Anat. as comb. form of coracoid, in sense ‘relating to the coracoid process and some other part’, as coraco-acromial, connecting the coracoid with the acromial, as the coraco-acromial ligament; coraco-brachi...
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Coracoid process
: coracoid, or "like a raven's beak"). Anatomically it is divided into intervals of: base of coracoid process, angle of coracoid process, shaft and the apex of the coracoid process.
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hypocoracoid
hypocoracoid Ichthyol. (hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈkɒrəkɔɪd) [f. hypo- 2 (b) + coracoid.] The lower of the two bones forming the shoulder-girdle in typical fishes; also called simply coracoid (cf. hypercoracoid).
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epicoracoid
epicoracoid, a. and n. (ɛpɪˈkɒrəkɔɪd) [f. epi- + coracoid.] A. adj. The designation of a bone, or a pair of bones, found in reptiles, etc., and forming a continuation of the coracoid. B. n. The epicoracoid bone.1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 377/1 The epicoracoids..are wanting in the bird. 1873 Mivar...
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Coracoacromial ligament
The coracoacromial ligament is a strong triangular ligament between the coracoid process and the acromion. It protects the head of the humerus. It inserts by its broad base along the whole length of the lateral border of the coracoid process of the scapula.
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Adelalopus
A second specimen (IRScNB Av 72) is referred to the genus, consisting of the extremitas omalis of the left coracoid. The same element is present for the right coracoid in the holotype.
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What are the criteria for determining the origin and end of muscle anatomically? For example the pectoralis muscle starts from sternum region and ends on the acromion or coracoid process. Why you can't say that it sta...
This is more of a convention. The start point or **origin** is considered to be: * bone which is proximal * bone with higher mass * bone with higher stability during muscle contraction The end point or **insertion** is: * the structure that tends to be moved by contraction * tendon * distal end of a...
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Stenornis
Olson tentatively referred that coracoid to the North American genus Tonsala, of which the coracoid was then badly known, based on similarities found in Tonsala and the creation of the new genus and species Stenornis kanmonensis, using the Hikoshima coracoid as holotype and another coracoid, found on Ainoshima
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Clavipectoral triangle
Clinical significance
Palpation of coracoid process of scapula
The coracoid process of the scapula is not subcutaneous; It is covered by the anterior Position of coracoid process is significant for diagnosing dislocations as well.
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