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acromion
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acromion [ə′krō·me‚än]
(anatomy)
The flat process on the outer end of the scapular spine that articulates with the clavicle and forms the outer angle of the shoulder.


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The stationary arm was placed along the lateral midline of the humerus in line with the acromion process, and the moving arm was placed along the lateral midline of the radius in line with the radial styloid process.
One was described by lines between the markers on dorsal side of distal forearm (wrist marker), elbow joint (humerus marker) and acromion process of the throwing shoulder (shoulder marker), and the other was described by lines between markers on the humerus marker, the shoulder marker, and the spinous process of the 8th thoracic vertebrae (Th 8 marker) (Figure 1a).
A less common injury is separation of the acromoclavicular, or AC joint, where the clavicle meets the acromion process of the scapular.
 
 
 
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