humerus

Examples

• All

• The muscles of the cuff hold the head of the humerus tightly in the glenohumeral joint.

  Academic text (2004)

• The left humerus is fractured.

  Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

• Yeah, but my titanium humerus took most of the hit.

  CHiPS (2017)

• The other was just a minor fracture at the base of the humerus.

  Bad News Bears (2005)

• Pressure is absorbed through the patient's forearm, elbow, and humerus instead of the wrist or hand.

  Academic text (2007)

• She has a concussion and a broken humerus, and, well, some internal bleeding.

  The Omen (2006)

• The majority of the proximal humerus fractures in children can and should be treated nonsurgically.

  Academic text (2006)

• Two patients had associated fractures of the humerus, which underwent fixation before nerve transfer.

  Academic text (2015)

• Supracondylar fractures of the humerus are the most common and one of the most challenging elbow fractures in children.

  Academic text (2006)

• The doctor explained that the humerus connects the shoulder to the elbow.

Synonyms

A

arm

vshumerus

∞ 1.0

The part of the body from the shoulder to the hand

is a single long bone inside that limb running shoulder to elbow

A

arm bone

vshumerus

2 2.7

A bone that forms part of the arm, for example the humerus, radius or ulna

is the single long bone running between shoulder and elbow

Surface Forms

Etymology