Clavicle
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The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 15 centimetres long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum. There are two clavicles, one
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Shoulder girdle
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The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side. In humans, it consists of the clavicle and scapula; in those species wit
Clavicle
…one on each side of the body. The clavicle is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally. Together with the shoulder blade, it makes up the shoulder girdle. It receives its name from Latin clavicula 'little key' because the bone rotates along its axis like a key when the shoulder is abducted. The clavicle…
The shoulder girdle consists of the clavicle and the scapula, which serve to attach the upper limb to the sternum of the axial skeleton.
The shoulder girdle of various hyperoliid frogs: Phlyctimantis verrucosus, Cryptothylax greshoffii, Leptopelis calcaratus, Leptopelis anchietae, Leptopelis aubryi and Leptopelis brevirostris.