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Humerus in a sentence

Humerus meaning

The bone of the upper arm.

Synonyms of Humerus

arm bone

Using Humerus

  • The main meaning on this page is: The bone of the upper arm.
  • Useful related words include: arm bone.
  • In the example corpus, humerus often appears in combinations such as: the humerus, humerus of.

Context around Humerus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

smallest 1× nothing 1× left 1× humeral 1×

Often after:

bone 2× ever 1×

Sentence patterns with Humerus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a left humerus 43 7 1× and humeral humerus bone area 1× bone the humerus or femur 1× from the humerus to the 1× of my humerus 1× of the humerus and the 1× of the humerus bone 1× on the humerus of sue 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an avulsion injury 1× furthermore the sediments 1× he wasn t 1× huxley by wirgman 1× new fossils from 1× the arm bones 1×

Common sentence endings:

about this story 1× also been wanting 1× axillary lymph nodes 1× humerus or femur 1× of my humerus 1× of the arm 1×

Words around Humerus

Just before it in the word index:

humeral 2 humera 2 humelink 2 humein 2 humectants 4 humectant 2

Just after it in the word index:

humes 25 humeyra 3 humez 4 humfrey 2 humic 5 humid 411

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Humerus

  • In this selection, "humerus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, smallest, nothing, left, bone and ever stand out and add context to how "humerus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a left humerus 43 7 and and humeral humerus bone area. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "humerus" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with humerus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There's nothing humerus about this story. (7 words)

The humerus is one of the three long bones of the arm. (12 words)

Then he showed me a pretty decent bone spur on the end of my humerus. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Huxley by Wirgman a drawing in pencil, 1882 The lobed-finned fish (such as coelacanths and lung fish ) have paired appendages whose internal skeleton is attached to the shoulder or pelvis by a single bone, the humerus or femur. (39 words)

Furthermore, the sediments containing this unabraided portion of a left humerus (43.7 mm long) are tropical or sub-tropical as evidenced by a wealth of warm water shark teeth, palaeophied snake vertebrae and turtles. (35 words)

The axillary lymph nodes include the pectoral (chest), subscapular (under the scapula), and humeral (humerus-bone area) lymph-node groups, which drain to the central axillary lymph nodes and to the apical axillary lymph nodes. (35 words)

Example sentences (13)

New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

Then he showed me a pretty decent bone spur on the end of my humerus.

He wasn’t supposed to miss the rest of the season, but a CT scan revealed an osteochondral defect in the joining of the humerus bone.

There's nothing humerus about this story.

An avulsion injury left a divot on the humerus of Sue the T. rex, apparently located at the origin of the deltoid or teres major muscles.

Furthermore, the sediments containing this unabraided portion of a left humerus (43.7 mm long) are tropical or sub-tropical as evidenced by a wealth of warm water shark teeth, palaeophied snake vertebrae and turtles.

Huxley by Wirgman a drawing in pencil, 1882 The lobed-finned fish (such as coelacanths and lung fish ) have paired appendages whose internal skeleton is attached to the shoulder or pelvis by a single bone, the humerus or femur.

The arm bones are stout, so the humerus of Apatosaurus resembles that of Camarasaurus, as well as Brontosaurus.

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The axillary lymph nodes include the pectoral (chest), subscapular (under the scapula), and humeral (humerus-bone area) lymph-node groups, which drain to the central axillary lymph nodes and to the apical axillary lymph nodes.

The humerus is one of the three long bones of the arm.

The vertebra of the neck unite on nearly flat surfaces, the humerus had lost the foramen, or perforation, at the lower end, and the third trochanter to the femur may have also been wanting.

This nerve enters the lower triangular space (an imaginary space bounded by, amongst others, the shaft of the humerus and the triceps brachii) of the arm and lies deep to the triceps brachii.

Ulna Long bone in the arm on the pinky side that goes from the humerus to the carpal.

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Common combinations with humerus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "humerus" in a sentence?
An example: "New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "humerus" from authentic English texts.
What does "humerus" mean?
Humerus means: The bone of the upper arm.
What are synonyms of "humerus"?
Common synonyms of "humerus" include: arm bone.
How many example sentences with "humerus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "humerus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.