shoulder girdle
noun
: the bony or cartilaginous arch that supports the forelimbs of a vertebrate and in humans is made up of the scapula and clavicle
called also pectoral girdle
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The pushing movement promotes strength in the arms, shoulder girdle and core. 
Dana Santas, CNN, 7 May 2021 This feature – in addition to our loose shoulder girdle – makes humans the best throwers in the animal kingdom. Kiersten Formoso, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2021 Its shoulder girdle was partially comprised of cartilage. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019 The bones at the front end of the plastron correspond to the clavicles and to a bone connecting the clavicles along the midline, or the interclavicle, in the shoulder girdle of other reptiles. Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019 This explains how the shoulder girdle, which lies outside the ribcage in other reptiles, ends up inside the ribcage and shell in turtles. Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019 To get our best wellness tips delivered to you inbox, sign up for the Healthy Living newsletterAny exercises that improve mobility in your hips and stability in your shoulder girdle are also useful, adds Smith. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 7 May 2018 The new research can also shed light on ways the shoulder girdle evolved in sharks and other fish over time. National Geographic, 18 July 2017 Although sharks use their pectoral fins to swim and position themselves over prey, questions were gradually raised about the functions of the shoulder girdle. National Geographic, 18 July 2017 See More
Dana Santas, CNN, 7 May 2021 This feature – in addition to our loose shoulder girdle – makes humans the best throwers in the animal kingdom. Kiersten Formoso, The Conversation, 29 Mar. 2021 Its shoulder girdle was partially comprised of cartilage. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019 The bones at the front end of the plastron correspond to the clavicles and to a bone connecting the clavicles along the midline, or the interclavicle, in the shoulder girdle of other reptiles. Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019 This explains how the shoulder girdle, which lies outside the ribcage in other reptiles, ends up inside the ribcage and shell in turtles. Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019 To get our best wellness tips delivered to you inbox, sign up for the Healthy Living newsletterAny exercises that improve mobility in your hips and stability in your shoulder girdle are also useful, adds Smith. Barbara Brody, Health.com, 7 May 2018 The new research can also shed light on ways the shoulder girdle evolved in sharks and other fish over time. National Geographic, 18 July 2017 Although sharks use their pectoral fins to swim and position themselves over prey, questions were gradually raised about the functions of the shoulder girdle. National Geographic, 18 July 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
shoulder girdle
noun
: the bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs of a vertebrate that corresponds to the pelvic girdle of the hind limbs but is usually not attached to the spinal column and that consists in lower forms of a single cartilage on each side which in higher forms becomes ossified, divided into the scapula above and the precoracoid and coracoid below, and complicated by the addition or substitution of one or more membrane bones and which in humans is highly modified with the scapula alone of the original elements well developed, the coracoid being represented only by the coracoid process of the scapula, and the precoracoid being replaced by the clavicle that connects the scapula with the sternum and is the only bony connection of the arm bones with the rest of the skeleton
called also pectoral girdle