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clavicle [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A bone curved like the letter f that articulates with the sternum and the scapula.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Os long, en forme d'S très allongé, formant la partie antérieure de la ceinture scapulaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 2 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

The clavicle [is] a ventral, dermal girdle element characteristic of many fishes and terrestrial vertebrates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Chez les Vertébrés quadrupèdes [...] [l'un des] deux éléments ventraux [de la ceinture scapulaire est] la clavicule [...]

OBS

Os long, en forme d'S très allongé, formant la partie antérieure de la ceinture scapulaire [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
DEF

Cada uno de los dos huesos de la cintura escapular de los vertebrados, situados en posición ventral, que limitan el tórax por su parte anterior.

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