scapula
Cross references: 1. shoulder blade scap.u.la \'skap-y*-l*\ \-y*-.le-, -.li-\ n or scap.u.lae or scapulas [NL, fr. L, shoulder blade, shoulder] pl : either of a pair of large triangular bones lying one in each dorsal late ral part of the thorax, forming the principal bone of the corresponding half of the shoulder girdle, and articulating with the corresponding clavicle or coracoid