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acromion
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a·cro·mi·on  (-krm-n)
n. pl. a·cro·mi·a (m-)
The outer end of the scapula to which the collarbone is attached.
[New Latin acrmion, from Greek akrmion : akros, extreme; see ak- in Indo-European roots + mos, shoulder.]
a·cromi·al adj.
acromion [əˈkrəʊmɪən]
n pl -mia [-mɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the outermost edge of the spine of the shoulder blade
[New Latin, from Greek akrōmion the point of the shoulder, from acro- + ōmion, diminutive of ōmos shoulder]
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Noun1.acromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder bladeacromion - the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromial process
scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone - either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
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The stationary arm was placed along the lateral midline of the humerus in line with the acromion process, and the moving arm was placed along the lateral midline of the radius in line with the radial styloid process.
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One was described by lines between the markers on dorsal side of distal forearm (wrist marker), elbow joint (humerus marker) and acromion process of the throwing shoulder (shoulder marker), and the other was described by lines between markers on the humerus marker, the shoulder marker, and the spinous process of the 8th thoracic vertebrae (Th 8 marker) (Figure 1a).
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