单词 | shoulder girdle |
释义 | > as lemmasshoulder girdle b. Anatomy. Applied to various parts in the structure of animal bodies; in modern use chiefly of the bony supports for the upper and lower limbs, which in Vertebrata are respectively called the shoulder girdle (also pectoral girdle) and pelvic girdle (also hip girdle). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > [noun] girdle1601 limb-girdle1870 1601 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 296 The cheife clerke of the kitchen hath for his fee all the girdles of fresh sturgeon spent within the house. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iii. i. 86 Vnder the region of the navell, lies the girdle or upper part of the kall. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 352 The last is very like our English Hedge Snail, but without Girdles, and has a small Navel. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 109 As a powerful bony girdle, it [the pelvis] affords articulation to the abdominal extremities. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iii. iv. 138 When a leech is impregnated, an enlargement takes place around the sexual apertures, which has received the name of the girdle or clitellum. 1883 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 119 The Shoulder Girdle is made up of a coracoid, clavicle, and scapula on each side. 1883 H. N. Martin & W. A. Moale Handbk. Vertebr. Dissect. ii. 122 The Pelvic Girdle is composed of the ilium, ischium, and os pubis on each side. 1891 Science (N.Y.) 21 Aug. 107/2 The fins, girdles, gill arches, scales, and membrane bones are all imperfectly developed or wanting [in eels]. < as lemmas |
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