coracoid

/kawr-uh-koid, kor-/US // ˈkɔr əˌkɔɪd, ˈkɒr- //UK // (ˈkɒrəˌkɔɪd) //

冕状体,冠状动脉,冠状动脉瘤,冕状腱膜

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : pertaining to the bone that in reptiles, birds, and monotremes articulates with the scapula and the sternum and that in humans and other higher mammals is a reduced bony process of the scapula having no connection with the sternum.

n.名词 noun

But there is no teleological reason why the coracoid process of the scapula should in all mammals develop from a separate centre.
The scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra.
In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
It may include three bones on each side named coracoid, precoracoid, and scapula.
Chameleons have the blade of the scapula long and slender, but the coracoid is always as broad as it is long.