shoulder joint (redirected from shoulder joints)

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shoulder joint - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula articulatio humeri, shoulder scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone - either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings arteria circumflexa humeri, circumflex humeral artery - an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles arteria circumflexa scapulae, circumflex scapular artery - an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular area torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint - a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone rotator cuff - a supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move