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US
/ˈkɫævəkəɫ, ˈkɫævɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /klˈævɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /klˈævɪkəl/ ]
NOUN
- bone linking the scapula and sternum
How To Use clavicle In A Sentence
- But clavicles are now known from a variety of nonavian dinosaurs, and a fused furcula is present in several nonavian theropods, including allosauroids and tyrannosaurids.
- It's not practical to cast ribs and collarbones (clavicles).
- It becomes as necessary, therefore, in the performance of surgical operations upon the subclavian artery, to fix the clavicle by depressing it, as in Plate 8, as it is to give fixity to the lower maxilla and larynx, in the position of Plate 7, when the carotid is the subject of operation. Surgical Anatomy
- Imagine an open displaced angulated comminuted clavicle fracture.
- My heart is in the fifth left intercostal clavicle middle5cm beat for you.
- When all support is disrupted or detached, the distal clavicle loses all ligamentous connection, allowing it to rise superiorly.
- Fracture of the _lateral_ or _acromial third_ of the clavicle is a common form of accident at football matches, and usually results from direct violence, the bone being driven down against the coracoid process, and broken as one breaks a stick over the knee. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- #27- Yes the thumb nail indentation for a cleavage straight to a clavicle is a nice touch. Regretsy – Top This
- Puncture the head of the triangle formed by the two heads of the sternocleidomastoid and the clavicle. Chapter 5
- During surgery, we observed partial or complete detachment of the trapezoid and deltoid muscles from the lateral clavicle in all patients.