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Acromion vs Acromioclavicular - What's the difference?

acromion | acromioclavicular |

In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between acromion and acromioclavicular

is that acromion is (anatomy) the outermost point of the shoulder blade while acromioclavicular is (anatomy) pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.

As a noun acromion

is (anatomy) the outermost point of the shoulder blade.

As an adjective acromioclavicular is

(anatomy) pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.

acromion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1807, author=William Beatty, title=The Death of Lord Nelson, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles, title=Manual of Surgery, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 1998, date=November 13, Paul C. Sereno et al., A Long-Snouted Predatory Dinosaur from Africa and the Evolution of Spinosaurids, Science citation
  • , passage=Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 1999, date=August 27, Steve Ward et al., Equatorius: A New Hominoid Genus from the Middle Miocene of Kenya, Science citation
  • , passage=The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 2009, date=//, , , Science citation
  • , passage=The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1 ), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion . }}

    Derived terms

    * acromial * acromioplasty

    Anagrams

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    acromioclavicular

    English

    Adjective

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  • (anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 7, author=Thayer Evans, title=Uncertainty About Oklahoma and Injury to Its Quarterback, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Frederick Matsen, the chairman of the department of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington, who has watched the hit that injured Bradford, said an injured acromioclavicular joint could be a bruise, a clavicle fracture, a mild separation or a severe separation. }}