• Acromion

    Full definition of acromion

    Noun

    acromion

    (plural acromions or acromia)
    1. (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
      • 1807, William Beatty, The Death of Lord Nelson Chapter , "The ball struck the fore part of HIS LORDSHIP'S epaulette; and entered the left shoulder immediately before the processus acromion scapulae, which it slightly fractured.
      • 1904, Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery Chapter , The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.
      • November 13, Complete pectoral and pelvic bones show a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.
      • August 27, The preserved portions of the scapula are sufficient to determine that the acromion projected well beyond the glenoid and that the axillary margin was longer than the vertebral.
      • //, The clavicle is a small flat bone like that of a dog (1), here preserved near the coracoid processes lying parallel to and slightly behind the acromion.
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