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Definition: Rotator Cuff |
Rotator CuffNoun1. A supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The musculotendinous sheath formed by the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor muscles. These help stabilize the head of the humerus in the glenoid fossa and allow for rotation of the shoulder joint about its longitudinal axis. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
These muscles all connect to the head of the humerus forming a cuff at shoulder joint. They are important because they hold the head of the humerus in the small and shallow glenoid fossa of the scapula. The rotator cuff is continuous with the joint capsule of the shoulder.
The four muscles that compose this group are:
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Crosswords: Rotator Cuff |
| Specialty definitions using "rotator cuff": rotator cuff tendinitis. (references) |
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Expression using "rotator cuff": rotator cuff tendinitis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rotator cuff | 728 | rotator cuff pain | 15 |
rotator cuff injury | 297 | shoulder rotator cuff | 14 |
rotator cuff surgery | 136 | rotator cuff physical therapy | 7 |
torn rotator cuff | 128 | rotator cuff stretch | 7 |
rotator cuff exercise | 125 | rotator cuff picture | 7 |
rotator cuff tear | 119 | rotator cuff strain | 5 |
rotator cuff tendonitis | 51 | rotator cuff repair surgery | 4 |
rotator cuff repair | 40 | 7 minute rotator cuff solution | 4 |
rotator cuff tears | 22 | rotator cuff tendonitis treatment | 3 |
rotator cuff rehabilitation | 16 | arthroscopic rotator cuff repair | 2 |
bursitis rotator cuff | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "rotator cuff"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | rotator cuff syndroom (rotator cuff tendinitis). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otatorray uffcay | ||||
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"Rotator Cuff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rotater cuff. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-o-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: curator, fractur, outroar, rotator, touraco, tractor. | |
-5 letters: carrot, cottar, cutoff, factor, offcut, orator, outact, trocar, turaco. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 6F 74 61 74 6F 72 43 75 66 66 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01101111 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100000 01000011 01110101 01100110 01100110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R o t a t o r   C u f f |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 006F 0074 0061 0074 006F 0072 0043 0075 0066 0066 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52818667868184237877272 |
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