humerusn.

/ˈhjuːmərəs/

Forms: Plural humeri.

Etymology: Latin (more correctly umerus) = shoulder, (rarely) upper arm.

Anatomy.

a. The bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow-joint; the homogenetic bone in other vertebrates.

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adjutorya1400

arm bone?a1425

adjutory bonec1475

adjutor?1541

humerus1706

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 51^v The same bone in Latin is called Humerus, which in English is shoulder.]

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Humerus, the Shoulder; the Shoulder-bone or first Bone of the Arm.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) At the lower End of the Humerus are two Processes, cover'd each with a Cartilage.

1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 295 Sockets for lodging the round head of the arm-bones, the humeri.

1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 89 The humerus is cylindrical, longest in Pelicans.

b. Applied by Cuvier to the proscapula, by Owen to the mesocoracoid, of fishes.

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1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 176 In the salmon..The radius, after expanding to unite with the humerus, the ulna, and the radial carpals, sends a long and broad process downwards and inwards.

c. The third joint of the anterior pair of legs of insects.

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humerus1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 369 Humerus, the third and elongated joint of the Brachium, answering to the Femur in the legs.

d. A corneous plate on the exterior front angle of the elytrum in Coleoptera.

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humerus1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 619 If you carefully extract one [wing] from the stag-beetle..the first thing that will strike you, upon examining the base, will be the plate..called by Chabrier the humerus.

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e. Applied by some to the anterior corner of the thorax, the ‘shoulder’, of an insect; by Walker, to the subcostal or submarginal vein of the forewing of certain Hymenoptera. ( Cent. Dict.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	humerus
释义	humerusn. /ˈhjuːmərəs/ Forms: Plural humeri. Etymology: Latin (more correctly umerus) = shoulder, (rarely) upper arm. Anatomy. a. The bone of the upper arm, extending from the shoulder-joint to the elbow-joint; the homogenetic bone in other vertebrates. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > humerus adjutorya1400 arm bone?a1425 adjutory bonec1475 adjutor?1541 humerus1706 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 51^v The same bone in Latin is called Humerus, which in English is shoulder.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Humerus, the Shoulder; the Shoulder-bone or first Bone of the Arm. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) At the lower End of the Humerus are two Processes, cover'd each with a Cartilage. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 295 Sockets for lodging the round head of the arm-bones, the humeri. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 89 The humerus is cylindrical, longest in Pelicans. b. Applied by Cuvier to the proscapula, by Owen to the mesocoracoid, of fishes. ΚΠ 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 176 In the salmon..The radius, after expanding to unite with the humerus, the ulna, and the radial carpals, sends a long and broad process downwards and inwards. c. The third joint of the anterior pair of legs of insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > third joint humerus1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 369 Humerus, the third and elongated joint of the Brachium, answering to the Femur in the legs. d. A corneous plate on the exterior front angle of the elytrum in Coleoptera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > parts of > wing-case > plate on front angle of humerus1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 619 If you carefully extract one [wing] from the stag-beetle..the first thing that will strike you, upon examining the base, will be the plate..called by Chabrier the humerus. Categories » e. Applied by some to the anterior corner of the thorax, the ‘shoulder’, of an insect; by Walker, to the subcostal or submarginal vein of the forewing of certain Hymenoptera. ( Cent. Dict.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1706
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