noun
definition
An oblong scarf worn round the priest's shoulders at certain parts of the Mass and of Benediction.
adjective
definition
Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder
Examples of humeral in a Sentence
The flexor digitorum sublimis muscle arises fleshy from the long elastic band which extends from the inner humeral condyle along the ventral surface of the ulna to the ulnar carpal bone, over which the tendon runs to insert itself on the radial anterior side of the first phalanx of the second digit.
At the conclusion the priest, his shoulders wrapped in the humeral veil, takes the monstrance and with it makes the sign of the cross over the kneeling congregation, whence the name Benediction.
The prognosis for return to function is again somewhat guarded for dogs with osteochondrosis of the humeral condyle.
The parts that most commonly produce these fragments are the humeral head, the greater and lesser tuberosities, and the surgical neck.
This arises mostly from the angle formed by the keel with the body of the sternum, passes by a strong tendon through the foramen triosseum, and is inserted upon the upper tubercle of the humeral crest, which it rotates and abducts.