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Shouder

Shouder
All data from the card 5
Laitin
articulatio humeri
MeSH
D012782
Dorlands/Elsevier
12161240
TA
A01.1.00.020
FMA
25202

In human anatomy, the shouder jynt (in Doric: shoulther) comprises the pairt o the body whaur the humerus jyns the spaul-bane. The shouder is the group o structures in the region o the jynt.

It is made up o three banes: the hausebane (clavicle), the spaul-bane (scapula), and the humerus (upper airm bane) as weel as associate muscles, ligaments an tenons. The articulations atween the banes o the shouder mak up the shouder jynts. It is a helpfu pairt o the body for tae cairy things: we aften help cairyin things wi our ain shouder. Atlas cairied the Yird an the globe o the Sky (Lift sphere).

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