Sentence examples for bones of the upper from inspiring English sources

The tarsals correspond to the carpal bones of the upper limb.

In most snakes, the six bones of the upper jaw (left and right of the maxilla, palatine, and pterygoid) can move forward and back as well as sideways.

Pectoralis muscle, any of the muscles that connect the front walls of the chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder.

Snakes and many extinct reptilian groups have teeth on the palatal bones (vomer, palatine, pterygoid) and on the bones of the upper jaw (premaxilla, maxilla).

The spinalis thoracis is the major spinalis muscle, arising from the bones of the lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebral spine and inserted into the bones of the upper thoracic vertebral spine.

Vipers are characterized by a pair of long, hollow, venom-injecting fangs attached to movable bones of the upper jaw (the maxillaries) that are folded back in the mouth when not in use.

Elbow, in human anatomy, hinge joint formed by the meeting of the humerus (bone of the upper arm) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm).

The head of the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm, fits into the glenoid cavity, a depression in the scapula.

Similarly, fracture of the cancellous bone of the upper end of the humerus usually requires one-third or less of the time required for healing of a fracture of the cortical shaft of the same bone.

The pectoralis major extends across the upper part of the chest and is attached to a ridge at the rear of the humerus (the bone of the upper arm).

The lateral apex of the triangle is broadened and presents a shallow cavity, the glenoid cavity, which articulates with the head of the bone of the upper arm, the humerus, to form the shoulder joint.