humerus

humerus is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.

To view the entire topic, please or .

Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 24th Edition Online + App from F.A. Davis and Unbound Medicine. Find 75,000 medical and nursing definitions. Download to iPhone, iPad, and Android. Explore these free sample topics:

-- The first section of this topic is shown below --

(hū′mĕ-rŭs)

To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.

(hū′mĕ-rē″)
(hū′mĕ-rī″)
pl. humeri [L. humerus, upper arm, shoulder]
The bone of the upper arm. It articulates with the scapula at the shoulder and with the ulna and radius at the elbow.
Descriptive text is not available for this image

HUMERUS

-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please or --

(hū′mĕ-rŭs)

To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.

(hū′mĕ-rē″)
(hū′mĕ-rī″)
pl. humeri [L. humerus, upper arm, shoulder]
The bone of the upper arm. It articulates with the scapula at the shoulder and with the ulna and radius at the elbow.
Descriptive text is not available for this image

HUMERUS

There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.