Sentences with phrase «right humerus»

«We examined several bones of the skeleton with our high - resolution computed tomography system, and we found an unusual loosening of the interior bone tissue — the cancellous bone — in the upper right humerus and the sternum,» adds Scherf.

Not exact matches

Essentially, the muscles around the shoulder blade need to be able to fire at the right time, with the right strength, to allow the humerus to move upward, or to shoot the basketball, without jamming into part of the scapula causing pain.

But as Kappelman looked closely at the bones in 3D models, he noted a striking pattern in the way the head of the upper right arm bone, or humerus, had collapsed as it was shoved into the bone's long shaft.

Upper arm — The upper arm (humerus) is equal in length to the shoulder blade and meets the shoulder blade at an approximate right angle.