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Wiktionary
shouldersnoun
(anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
shouldersnoun
Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
"The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders."
Wikipedia
shoulders
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The shoulder joint, also known as the glenohumeral joint, is the major joint of the shoulder, but can more broadly include the acromioclavicular joint. In human anatomy, the shoulder joint comprises the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, and the head sits in the glenoid cavity. The shoulder is the group of structures in the region of the joint.The shoulder joint is the main joint of the shoulder. It is a ball and socket joint that allows the arm to rotate in a circular fashion or to hinge out and up away from the body. The joint capsule is a soft tissue envelope that encircles the glenohumeral joint and attaches to the scapula, humerus, and head of the biceps. It is lined by a thin, smooth synovial membrane. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that surround the shoulder joint and contribute to the shoulder's stability. The muscles of the rotator cuff are supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor. The cuff adheres to the glenohumeral capsule and attaches to the humeral head. The shoulder must be mobile enough for the wide range actions of the arms and hands, but stable enough to allow for actions such as lifting, pushing, and pulling.
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shoulders
Shoulders refer to the anatomical structure in human body located on either side of the neck and upper arms. They are an essential part of the upper limb, connecting the arms to the torso. Shoulders are formed by the shoulder girdle, consisting of the clavicle (collarbone) and scapula (shoulder blade), along with the muscles, ligaments, and tendons that surround and support them. The shoulders are responsible for various movements of the arms, such as lifting, rotating, and reaching, and also play a crucial role in stability and balance.
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Shoulders
Shoulders was a highly popular alternative rock band in Austin, Texas in the 1990s; occasionally they still give performances. Shoulders toured nationally and throughout Europe, and they were especially well known in France and other European countries. Their material, written almost entirely by lead singer Michael Slattery and guitarist Todd Kassens, has been called "drunken carnival music," but it was wide ranging, from hard rock to gentle ballads, from sea shanties to French cabaret music to Irish drinking songs. Slattery, an electrifying performer, is probably one of the greatest American rock poets; his songs tell stories, and they read wonderfully even without the music. They are simultaneously very dark and wildly joyous. He is also an accomplished writer of fiction, poetry, and drama. Shoulders' lineup included Slattery, who sang and played everything from a huge parade drum which he also used as a trampoline to the "harmonica, out-of-tune cornet, hideous trombone, bent tin whistle," and "free-hanging river pipe"; Kassens on the guitars; Alan Gene Williams on the drums; and Chris Black on bass, piano, and organ. They were frequently accompanied by the well-known Austin cellist John Hagen, who plays in Lyle Lovett's large band. Shoulders' first album, Trashman Shoes, rose to the top of the rock charts in France. Their second was The Fun Never Stops, which did well in Europe but never attained the success of "Trashman Shoes".
Editors Contribution
shoulders
A body element connected to a limb.
The shoulders are connected to the arms.
Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SHOULDERS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shoulders is ranked #11472 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Shoulders surname appeared 2,744 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Shoulders.
55.3% or 1,520 total occurrences were White.
39.5% or 1,084 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 61 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.4% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1.2% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'shoulders' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2389
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'shoulders' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4290
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shoulders in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shoulders in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of shoulders in a Sentence
Jon Hamm is forever going to be the future of 'Mad Men' and it is truly on his shoulders to represent it in so many ways.
This is a great responsibility that is on our shoulders, we should do it so as it rid ourselves, this country, of terrorism; not only ourself, but the entire world.
They love each other. You see it. When I worked with them closely in the White House and in Arkansas and after the White House, there is a mutual respect and admiration for certain, but there's also a lot of love, i mean, she -- you know, they hold hands. He just sort of puts his hands on her shoulders and she lights up. And vice versa. They take long walks together. They have long conversations together. It's a very good relationship. How they manage whatever happened or didn't happen is their business and I never ever asked.
Our sympathies go out to the families of each person who died, let us pray for them during this time of grief. We offer you our shoulders to cry on. You will never be forgotten.
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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