shoulder girdle
pectoral girdle

At the top of the "thorax" is the shoulder girdle.

The main key points are the patient's head, shoulder girdle, spine and pelvis.

The only bone known from the shoulder girdle is a fragment of scapula.

The mobility of the shoulder girdle is supported by a large number of muscles.

In treatment, he was guided through intensive work for his shoulder girdle to release the spasticity.

Another adult-onset muscle disorder, especially affecting the shoulder girdle and legs.

All these goals are accomplished without using the upper arm or shoulder girdle to effectuate the movement.

The scapula forms the posterior (back) located part of the shoulder girdle.

Any other pathway would have almost certainly fractured one or more bones of the right shoulder girdle and thorax.

If affects and weakens the muscles of the shoulder girdle, but is usually asymptomatic.

Two are known: one extending back from the shoulder girdle and another which is associated with the dorsal fin.

The axillary nerve is located at the proximal end, against the shoulder girdle.

The shoulder girdle and forelimb structures were suggestive of these animals digging.

The shoulder girdle is only partly known but appears to be typical for plesiosaurs.

A shoulder girdle and flipper were also found but were apparently discarded at some point in the past.

The shoulder girdle was by the describers reconstructed with a low shoulder joint.

It is known almost exclusively from a number of coracoids (a bone in the shoulder girdle).

However, since all species are known only from parts of the shoulder girdle and wing bone fragments, this classification is tentative.

They are born with a continuous arc of cartilage in their shoulder girdle to provide support for climbing into the pouch.

No feet-off-the-floor suspension, I've got a weak shoulder girdle.

Compared to the shoulder girdle, the pelvic girdle is thus strong and rigid.

It is mostly protected and supported by the ribcage, spine, and shoulder girdle.

Additionally, all three parts can lift the ribs when the shoulder girdle is fixed, and thus assist in respiration.

Moderate and severe cases can present with pelvic and shoulder girdle muscle weakness.

The structure of the shoulder girdle did not allow a high elevation of the arm nor was optimised for a low reach.

The pectoral girdle is a complex of five joints that can be divided into two groups.

The pectoral girdle featured a long bar, not present in juveniles.

The forelimbs and parts of the pectoral girdle are also preserved.

The head and pectoral girdles are covered with large dermal bones.

The pectoral girdle has no groove, and is another defining characteristic.

Both the pectoral girdle and the ilium are large and strong.

The fossil fragments also indicate that its head was disconnected from the pectoral girdle.

I could feel it ringing in the long bones of my arms, echoing through pectoral girdle and spine.

The scapulocoracoid, a bone that makes up the pectoral girdle, is large and broad.

The humeral process of the pectoral girdle is short and without denticulations.

Putting the animal in a horizontal posture makes many aspects of the arms and pectoral girdle more understandable.

The genus is known only from a lower jaw, a vertebra, and fragments of a pectoral girdle.

They lack legs but have remnants of the pelvic and pectoral girdles embedded within their body musculature.

Larson et al. also studied the relatively short clavicle and the unusual formation of the pectoral girdle.

This plexus innervates the pectoral girdle and upper limb.

The scapula is the shoulder blade or pectoral girdle bone in tetrapods.

It has a cleithrum, a bone in the pectoral girdle that extends from the scapula.

Because the bones of the neck and the pectoral girdle were disconnected, Tulerpeton could lift its head.

All Sauropterygians had a modified pectoral girdle that supported a powerful swimming stroke.

Its counterpart in the pectoral girdle is the glenoid fossa.

This makes Tiktaalik the earliest known fish to have a neck, with the pectoral girdle separate from the skull.

Similar to the pectoral girdle, there is a pair of holes between the ischia and pubic bones.

This was likely, because it had small wings, a large torso, a small pectoral girdle, and numerous gastralia.

Arciferal denotes a morphology of the pectoral girdle of frogs.

This skeleton includes a complete skull, neck vertebrae, a partial pectoral girdle, the right forelimb, and some ribs.