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The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.

A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

epression; sockas, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.

Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.…

e process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.

A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

oss the shoulder. -- Shoulder blade (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. -- Shoulder block (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. -- Shoulder clapper, one who claps another…

ituated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.

A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.