the bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow
2.
the corresponding bone in other vertebrates
Word origin
C17: from Latin umerus; related to Gothic ams shoulder, Greek ōmos
Examples of 'humeri' in a sentence
humeri
This conclusion was obtained for humeri, tibia and femur.
Dmitry Ivanov, Anatoly Barabash, Yuri Barabash 2016, 'Expandable intramedullary nail: review of biomechanical studies', Russian Open Medical Journalhttp://www.romj.org/node/150. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fifty one hemipelvis, 40 humeri, 39 radioulnae, 40 femora, and 41 tibiae were measured.
Cristian Kaufmann, G. Lorena L'Heureux 2009, 'El dimorfismo sexual en guanacos (Lama guanicoe). Una evaluación osteométrica deelementos poscraneales', Revista del Museo de Antropologiahttp://publicaciones.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/23/159. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Exposure of non-thoracic structures was relatively frequent and mainly involved the proximal humeri.
J. Stollfuss, K. Schneider, I. Krüger-Stollfuss 2015, 'A comparative study of collimation in bedside chest radiography for preterm infantsin two teaching hospitals', European Journal of Radiology Openhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352047715300034. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In ten studies, synthetic humeri were tested instead of cadaveric ones.
Ali Jabran, Chris Peach, Lei Ren 2018, 'Biomechanical analysis of plate systems for proximal humerus fractures: a systematicliterature review', BioMedical Engineering OnLinehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-018-0479-3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The humeri were divided into seven fragments according to specific anatomical landmarks.
Dalia Mohamed Ali, Fatma Alzhraa Fouad Abd Elbaky 2016, 'Sex identification and reconstruction of length of humerus from its fragments: AnEgyptian study', Egyptian Journal of Forensic Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X1630003X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Assemblies with intact humeri were analyzed for comparison.
Elpídio da Graça, Rodrigo Okubo, Antônio Carlos Shimano, Nilton Mazzer, Cláudio HenriqueBarbieri 2013, 'Biomecânica de quatro técnicas de fixação da fratura em quatro partes da cabeça umeralBiomechanics of four techniques for fixation of the four-part humeral head fracture',Acta Ortopédica Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522013000100007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, metastases to other sites, including the humeri, resulting in pathological fractures have been reported.
Sepidbakht Sepideh, Solooki Said, Azarpira Negar, Mardani Ramin 2011, 'Humeral metastasis from a sacrococcygeal chordoma: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/339. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sections of humeri were histologically processed to analyze annual growth marks.
Paolo Casale, Nicoletta Conte, Daniela Freggi, Carla Cioni, Roberto Argano 2011, 'Age and growth determination by skeletochronology in loggerhead sea turtles (Carettacaretta) from the Mediterranean Sea', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1245. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
So far no cases have been reported on epiphyseal displacement of humeri.
Maulee Hiromi Arambewela, Kamani Danushka Liyanarachchi, Noel P. Somasundaram, ArunaS. Pallewatte, Gamini L. Punchihewa 2017, 'Case report: rare skeletal manifestations in a child with primary hyperparathyroidism',BMC Endocrine Disordershttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-017-0197-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)