Body Location or Region
shoulder Audio
shoul·der [ shohl-der ]
Subclass of:
Upper Extremity
Definitions related to shoulder:
  • Junction of the arm and trunk; also that part of the trunk which is bounded at the back by the scapula.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Limb region, each instance of which has as its regional parts pectoral girdle region of shoulder and proximal part of arm.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Part of the body in humans and primates where the arms connect to the trunk. The shoulder has five joints; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR joint, CORACOCLAVICULAR joint, GLENOHUMERAL joint, scapulathoracic joint, and STERNOCLAVICULAR joint.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The region of the body between the neck and the upper arm.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Shoulder, in anatomy, the joint between the arm, or forelimb, and the trunk, together with the adjacent tissue, particularly the tissue over the shoulder blade, or scapula. The shoulder, or pectoral, girdle is composed of the clavicles (collarbones) and the scapulae (shoulder blades). In humans the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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