coracoid
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrəˌkɔɪd/
- Specialized
- Finally, McGahan et al. (4) found that 49% of fractures were of the body or spine of the scapula, 36% were of the glenoid cavity or neck, 8% were of the acromion, and 7% were of the coracoid.
Examples
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The doctor pointed out the coracoid process on the diagram of the human shoulder.
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Even in birds, where the shoulder blades proper (the scapulae) are horizontal and overlap many ribs, the coracoids (the long green bars that extend to the midline in the first figure) lie in front of the ribcage.
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Oh, there is there whole and look, the one end only coracoid process.
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During the surgery, the surgeon carefully checked the position of the coracoid bone to ensure it was correctly aligned.
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The coracoid acts as an important connection point for several muscles in the shoulder region.
Surface Forms
Morphology
coracoid = corac + oid
Although the suffix '-oid' can mean 'resembling', the bound root 'corac-' is not recognizable to most learners and the technical anatomical meaning is not inferable from the parts.
Etymology
Coracoid comes from the Greek korax meaning 'raven' and the ending -oid meaning 'like'. It was named because the bone looks like a raven's beak, so the coracoid is the 'raven-like' shoulder bone that helps join the wing or arm to the body.