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Record 1 1978-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A pair of cartilage-bones forming the ventral part of the pectoral girdle and connecting the scapulae with the sternum in many vertebrates.

OBS

In mammals the clavicles, which are membrane bones have superseded the coracoids, the latter being reduced to small processes on the scapulae.

OBS

Usually used in the plural form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Apophyse [...] de forme pointue, qui termine le bord supérieur de l'omoplate [chez les mammifères].

Spanish

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