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Definitions of coracoid in various dictionaries:
A bony process projecting from the scapula toward the sternum in mammals.
Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid.
noun - a bone of the shoulder girdle
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a bone forming part of the shoulder blade ( the triangular bone on each side of the back) |
A short projection from the shoulder blade in mammals, to which part of the biceps is attached. |
A bony process projecting from the scapula toward the sternum in mammals. |
A beak-shaped bone articulating with the scapula and sternum in most lower vertebrates, such as birds and reptiles. |
Of, relating to, or resembling a coracoid. |
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A coracoid is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (therians = marsupials and placentals). In therian mammals (including humans), a coracoid process is present as part of the scapula, but this is not homologous with the coracoid bone of most other animals.In other tetrapods it joins the scapula to the front end of the sternum and has a notch on the dorsal surface which, along with a similar notch on the ventral surface of the scapula, forms the socket in which the proximal end of the humerus (upper arm bone) is located. The acrocoracoid process is an expansion adjacent to this contact surface, to which the shoulderward end of the biceps brachii muscle attaches in these animals. In birds (and generally theropods and related animals), the entire unit is rigid and called scapulocoracoid. This plays a major role in bird flight. In dinosaurs the main bones of the pectoral girdle were the scapula (shoulder blade) and the coracoid, bo |