Clavicle
noun
It is a bone that goes from the chest to the shoulder, also known as collarbone.
He broke his clavicle in a soccer game.
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noun
It is a bone that goes from the chest to the shoulder, also known as collarbone.
He broke his clavicle in a soccer game.
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Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Term
Clavicle is primarily used in medical or biological contexts to refer to the collarbone.
In anatomy class, we learned that the clavicle supports the shoulder.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Injury
Clavicle is a common site for fractures; it's often mentioned in contexts of injury and accidents.
The X-ray showed a fractured clavicle after her fall.
Pro Tip 3/3Sports Related
The term is frequently used in sports to describe injuries players sustain on the field.
The quarterback can't play due to a clavicle injury.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Term
Clavicle is primarily used in medical or biological contexts to refer to the collarbone.
In anatomy class, we learned that the clavicle supports the shoulder.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Injury
Clavicle is a common site for fractures; it's often mentioned in contexts of injury and accidents.
The X-ray showed a fractured clavicle after her fall.
Pro Tip 3/3Sports Related
The term is frequently used in sports to describe injuries players sustain on the field.
The quarterback can't play due to a clavicle injury.
Pro Tip 1/3Anatomy Term
Clavicle is primarily used in medical or biological contexts to refer to the collarbone.
In anatomy class, we learned that the clavicle supports the shoulder.
Pro Tip 2/3Body Injury
Clavicle is a common site for fractures; it's often mentioned in contexts of injury and accidents.
The X-ray showed a fractured clavicle after her fall.
Pro Tip 3/3Sports Related
The term is frequently used in sports to describe injuries players sustain on the field.
The quarterback can't play due to a clavicle injury.
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What can you learn from...
some of the first clues they gather, like age and gender, lie in its morphology, which is the structure, appearance, and size of a skeleton. Bones, like the clavicle, stop growing at age 25, so a skeleton with a clavicle that hasn't fully formed must be younger than that.
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Robert Fischell: TED...
that they're having a heart attack, to save their life. Well, the doctor can program a level of this ST elevation voltage that will trigger an emergency alarm, vibration like your cell phone, but right by your clavicle bone.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
primates the only one with an S shaped or sigmoid shaped clavicle are hominids and I happen to be one of the only world's experts on hominid clavicles I
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What can you learn from...
some of the first clues they gather, like age and gender, lie in its morphology, which is the structure, appearance, and size of a skeleton. Bones, like the clavicle, stop growing at age 25, so a skeleton with a clavicle that hasn't fully formed must be younger than that.
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Robert Fischell: TED...
that they're having a heart attack, to save their life. Well, the doctor can program a level of this ST elevation voltage that will trigger an emergency alarm, vibration like your cell phone, but right by your clavicle bone.
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
primates the only one with an S shaped or sigmoid shaped clavicle are hominids and I happen to be one of the only world's experts on hominid clavicles I
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Dick Dale
American Musician
I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!
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Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
I've never broken a bone, I've never even sprained anything, so to be overseas and have my clavicle broken in two places was a bang-up job done by me.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
You want to know what I love most about myself? I'll tell you the truth: My clavicle. I think I have a nice clavicle.
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Emily Procter
American Actress
Your child's not looking at you and going, 'Mmm, I love a clavicle. Let me nestle into that.
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Dick Dale
American Musician
I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!
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Brandi Rhodes
American Wrestler
I've never broken a bone, I've never even sprained anything, so to be overseas and have my clavicle broken in two places was a bang-up job done by me.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
You want to know what I love most about myself? I'll tell you the truth: My clavicle. I think I have a nice clavicle.
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Emily Procter
American Actress
Your child's not looking at you and going, 'Mmm, I love a clavicle. Let me nestle into that.
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