Acromion

Definitions

The outermost point of the shoulder blade.

Equivalents

Examples

“"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.”

“The deltoid is wasted, and the acromion unduly prominent.”

“Complete⟳ pectoral and pelvic bones show⟳ a deep subrectangular acromion on the scapula and a low obturator flange on the ischium.”

“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.”

CEFR level