pectoral girdle in English

noun
1
(in vertebrates) the skeletal framework that provides attachment for the forelimbs or pectoral fins, usually consisting of the scapulas and clavicles.
The pectoral spine moves in the pectoral girdle to create sound.

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1. Appendicular Skeleton includes: pectoral girdle, upper extremity, pelvic girdle, lower extremity

2. Coracoid definition: a paired ventral bone of the pectoral girdle in vertebrates

3. Coracoid one of a pair of bones that form the ventral part of the pectoral girdle of many vertebrates

4. Four Actinosts in pectoral girdle, with pores between them; two or three spines on first dorsal pterygiophore; two epurals

5. The "primary" pectoral girdle includes Actinosts, scapula, coracoid, and sometimes mesocoracoid cartilage or endochondral bones and supports the fins directly

6. Functionally, both Clavicles take part in the formation of the shoulder girdle or the pectoral girdle along with the two scapulae in humans

7. ‘In amphibians, the Columella shares the oval window with a second bone, the operculum, which communicates by way of an opercular muscle with the pectoral girdle.’

8. Age and growth of the mudskipper, Scartelaos gigas were investigated using the second Actinost bone of the pectoral girdle, based on an analysis of 560 individuals collected from

9. Medical Definition of Coracoid (Entry 1 of 2) : of, relating to, or being a process of the scapula in most mammals or a well-developed cartilage bone of many lower vertebrates that extends from the scapula to or toward the sternum — see pectoral girdle

10. The Appendicular skeleton is composed of the bones of the upper limbs (which function to grasp and manipulate objects) and the lower limbs (which permit locomotion).It also includes the pectoral girdle, or shoulder girdle, that attaches the upper limbs to the body, and the pelvic girdle that attaches the lower limbs to the body.