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Humerus
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So is pisiform. Does it mean:
| small pealike bone on the ulnar side of the carpus |
| bone of the forearm on the thumb side |
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humerus
1706, "bone of the upper arm," orig. (14c.) "shoulder," a misspelled borrowing of L. umerus "shoulder," from PIE *omesos (cf. Skt. amsah, Gk. omos, O.N. ass, Goth. ams "shoulder").
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Medical Dictionary
humerus hu·mer·us (hy&oomacr;'mər-əs)
n. pl. hu·mer·i (-mə-rī')
The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
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humerus  (hy 'mər-əs) Pronunciation Key
Plural humeri (hy 'mər-ī')
The bone of the upper arm or the upper portion of the foreleg. See more at skeleton. |
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humerus
long bone of the upper limb or forelimb of land vertebrates that forms the shoulder joint above, where it articulates with a lateral depression of the shoulder blade (glenoid cavity of scapula), and the elbow joint below, where it articulates with projections of the ulna and the radius
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