The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter ?, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.
The anterior (towards the front) S-shaped paired bone that forms the "collar bone."
The collar bone; this bone articulates with the sternum and the scapula.
(L. little key) bone which locks sholder to body. cl - co
bone linking the scapula and sternum
The “collar bone†which articulates with the scapula, acromion and the sternum.
Also called the collar bone, it articulates with the shoulder on one end (at the acromion process of the scapula) and the sternum (breast bone) on the other.
A bone that links the scapula and sternum.
a deep piercing passing underneath the collar bone (clavicle) on either side of the neck, between the neck and shoulder.
(L. clavicula, a small key). The collar bone, os clavicula.
The collar bone which connects the sternum (breastbone) with the scapula (shoulder blade).
Collar bone; the bone connecting the breastbone with the shoulder blade.
Long bone(s) positioned in an approximately horizontal orientation between the base of the neck and the shoulders. Forms the anterior aspect of the shoulder girdle and is sometimes (non-medically) referred to as the "collar bone". Articulates with the sternum (medially) and the scapulae (laterally).
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is classified as a long bone that makes up part of the shoulder girdle (pectoral girdle). It receives its name from the Latin clavicula ("little key") because the bone rotates along its axis like a key when the shoulder is abducted. (This movement is palpable with the opposite hand).