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# scapula

«scapula» in Mova's school dictionary: **the shoulder blade, a flat triangle-shaped bone at the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a scapula, scapulae or scapulas)

### meaning for a pupil

The scapula is the shoulder blade, a flat triangle-shaped bone at the top of your back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the skeleton, the scapula joins the arm bone (humerus) to the collarbone (clavicle). Phrases: shoulder blade.

### examples

- The scapula is also called the shoulder blade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x1)
- Your scapula moves when you lift your arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x2)
- We found the scapula on the skeleton model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x3)
- He broke his scapula falling off his bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x4)
- The scapula is flat and triangle-shaped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x5)
- Muscles attach to the scapula. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/#x6)

### note

Plural: scapulae (Latin) or scapulas. Say SKAP-yoo-luh.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scapula» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scapula/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.