surgical neck

surgical neck
surgical neck n a slightly narrowed part of the humerus below the greater and lesser tubercles that is frequently the site of fractures

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the constriction of the shaft of the humerus, below the head. It is frequently the point at which fracture of the humerus occurs.

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