humerus

/hyoo-mer-uhs or, often, yoo-/US // ˈhyu mər əs or, often, ˈyu- //UK // (ˈhjuːmərəs) //

肱骨,拇指,阴茎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural hu·mer·i [hyoo-muh-rahy, or, often, yoo-]. /ˈhyu məˌraɪ, or, often, ˈyu-/. Anatomy.
- : the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
- : brachium.
- : Zoology. a corresponding bone, structure, or region in the forelimbs of other animals or in the wings of birds or insects.

The humerus bones were stronger in hatchlings than in many adults.
In particular, they zeroed in on one wing bone, the humerus.
The hatchlings’ humerus bones were surprisingly stronger than those of many of the adults, the team found.
The distal aspect of her left humerus was sticking out of the front of her arm.
Far more likely is every twisted ankle in Dubuque and every fractured humerus in Dallas ending up on the Internet.
He slowly improved with the exception of a pain in the left humerus, anteriorily, and in the upper part of the middle third.
The shaft of the humerus is always stouter than that of the femur, though different genera differ in this respect.
Fourthly, the prolongation of the coracoid bone beyond the articulation for the humerus, as in a Bird.
The metacarpal bones are much longer than the bones of the fore-arm, and about twice the length of the humerus.
The ball must therefore be very near the plate and behind the head of the humerus.