clavicle

/klav-i-kuhl/US // ˈklæv ɪ kəl //UK // (ˈklævɪkəl) //

锁骨

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Anatomy, Zoology.
- : a bone of the pectoral arch.
- : either of two slender bones, each articulating with the sternum and a scapula and forming the anterior part of a shoulder; collarbone.

Victor was found by doctors who examined him last week to have suffered past injuries including a broken arm and clavicle.
And the clavicle alone, Berger says, would have electrified the world of paleoanthropology.
The left shoulder, on the contrary, was smaller and sunken in, as if the clavicle had been displaced.
In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
The upper part of the humerus, a part of the clavicle and a part of the scapula had been removed.
It had severed the clavicle, and improperly knit, drew the left arm slightly forward.
He had once been a soldier, where the height of the men's clavicle is important in assigning the carrying of burdens.