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Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Joints > Shoulder Joint

Preferred term

Shoulder Joint  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Glenohumeral Joint
  • Glenohumeral Joints
  • Joint, Glenohumeral
  • Joints, Glenohumeral

Note

  • use for humans and other vertebrates; differentiate from SHOULDER

Scope note

  • The articulation between the head of the HUMERUS and the glenoid cavity of the SCAPULA.

History note

  • 65; SHOULDER ARTHROSES was heading 1963-64

In other languages

  • olkanivel

    Finnish

  • articulatio humeri
  • Skulderled

    Swedish

  • Articulatio humeri
  • Axelled
  • Labrum glenoidale

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012785

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