Definition of Shoulder joint

1. Noun. A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.


Definition of Shoulder joint

1. Noun. A common term for glenohumeral joint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Shoulder joint

1. A ball-and-socket synovial joint between the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Synonym: articulatio humeri, glenohumeral articulation, humeral articulation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoulder Joint

shoulder blades
shoulder board
shoulder bone
shoulder bursitis
shoulder check
shoulder devil
shoulder devils
shoulder dislocation
shoulder flash
shoulder fractures
shoulder girdle
shoulder girdles
shoulder holster
shoulder impingement syndrome
shoulder in
shoulder joint
shoulder joints
shoulder mark
shoulder pad
shoulder patch
shoulder presentation
shoulder season
shoulder seasons
shoulder sling dressing
shoulder strap
shoulder surf
shoulder surfer
shoulder surfers
shoulder surfing
shoulder to cry on

Literary usage of Shoulder joint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"ARTICULATIO HUMERI (SHOULDER-JOINT). Before proceeding to the dissection of the forearm it is advisable to study the shoulder-joint, because if this is ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The subscapular bursa and the inter tubercular bursa are extensions of the sac of the shoulder joint, and do not become inflamed except when the joint ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OP IRREDUCIBLE SHOULDER-JOINT LUXATION. ... Twenty cases of shoulder- joint resection were followed by four deaths; the result in ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"Clinic of % Excision of the Shoulder-joint for Disease.—Dr. Ewens, of Cerne Abbas, reports two cases of disease of the shoulder, in one of which an ..."

5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"Its inferior surface looks downwards upon the shoulder-joint, the superior is covered by the deltoid muscle. It completes the arch formed by the coracoid ..."

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