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shoulder bone

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003461


A bone that is connected via a shoulder joint (i.e. glenohumeral or acromioclavicular joints). The shoulder bones are the clavicle, scapula and humerus - but note that these are only considered to be shoulder bones when a true shoulder is present, as in most tetrapods. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: shoulder-articulating bone, bone of shoulder

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pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000012

this is a forelimb bone in MA, but this would lead to part-disjointness violations.

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UBERON:0003461