shoulder bone
A bone that is connected via a shoulder joint (i.e. glenohumeral or acromioclavicular joints). The shoulder bones are the clavicle, scapula and humerus - but note that these are only considered to be shoulder bones when a true shoulder is present, as in most tetrapods. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
shoulder bone
- bone of shoulder
- shoulder-articulating bone
pheno_slim
this is a forelimb bone in MA, but this would lead to part-disjointness violations.
uberon
UBERON:0003461
Term relations
- bone of pectoral complex
- part of some skeleton of pectoral complex
- has part some (part of some shoulder joint)