Acromion vs Acromioclavicular - What's the difference?
acromion | acromioclavicular |
(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
* {{quote-book, year=1807, author=William Beatty, title=The Death of Lord Nelson, chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, 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
, 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
, 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
, 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 . }}
(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
, 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. }}
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
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* acromial * acromioplastyAnagrams
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