A subdivision of the pectoral complex consisting of the structures in the region of the shoulder joint (which connects the humerus, scapula and clavicle). [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: shoulder region
Term information
- Wikipedia:Shoulder
- FMA:25202
- galen:Shoulder
- EHDAA:4180
- NCIT:C25203
- GAID:60
- VHOG:0000342
- EFO:0003068
- EHDAA2:0001834
- MESH:D012782
- CALOHA:TS-2229
- EHDAA:6228
- UMLS:C0037004 (ncithesaurus:Shoulder)
- MA:0000038
- EMAPA:17421
- SCTID:361103004
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
In FMA, the shoulder is part of the pectoral girdle region. in MA, shoulder structures like shoulder joints, bones, nerves etc are part of the shoulder and the forelimb. E.g. humerus is a shoulder bone
(...) endochondral elements of the early tetrapod shoulder develop from two centers of ossification, giving rise to a scapula and a 'coracoid'.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- organism subdivision
- organism subdivision
- overlaps some pectoral girdle region
- only in taxon some Tetrapoda
- part of some pectoral complex
- has part some shoulder joint