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Main Entry: coracoid process
Function: noun
: a process of the scapula in most mammals representing the remnant of the coracoid bone of lower vertebrates that has becomefused with the scapula and in humans is situated on its superior border and serves for the attachment of various muscles
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coracoid process n.
A long curved projection from the neck of the scapula, overhanging the glenoid cavity and giving attachment to the short head of the biceps, the coracobrachial muscle, the smaller pectoral muscle, and the coracoacromial ligament.

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