Appendicular skeleton-Pectoral Girdle

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Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 2

consiting of bones of the pectoral girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle, and lower limbs

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Clavicle

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Slender curved bone which connects the scapula to the sternum

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Acromial end

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most lateral part of the clavicle which forms a joint with the scapula

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Sternal end

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most medial part of the clavicle which forms a joint with the sternum

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Conoid tubercle

Answer 6

prominence on inferior surface of the lateral end of clavicle

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Scapula

Answer 7

triangular shaped shoulder blade

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Spine

Answer 8

posterior ridge of scapula

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Acromion process

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scapular process extending laterally from the spine of the scapula, articulates with the clavicle

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Coracoid process

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process on the anterior, superior side of scapula near the glenoid cavity extending laterally

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Glenoid cavity

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lateral aspect of scapula which serves as point of ariculation with the humerus

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Supraglenoid Tubercle

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promience superior to the glenoid cavity

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Infraglenoid tubercle

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prominence inferior to the glenoid cavity

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Supraspinous Fossa

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depression on the posterior surface of the scapula superior to the spine

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Infraspinous fossa

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depression on the posterior surface of the scapula inferior to the spine

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Subscapular fossa

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depression on the anterior surface of the scapula

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Suprascapular notch

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notch medial to the coracoid process

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Superior border

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top ridge

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Superior angle

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junction of the superior and medial borders

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Medial border

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vertebral side

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Inferior angle

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junction of the medial and lateral borders

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Lateral border

Answer 22

axillary side