This Medical News Today information article highlights the potential health benefits of zinc and provides details on good sources of the nutrient, symptoms of zinc deficiency, and precautions to consider-associated with excessive zinc intake. Only a very small intake of Zinc is necessary to reap the benefits.
Shoulder blade: The familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. Known familiarly as the wingbone or, medically, as the scapula. The word scapula (with the accent on the first syllable) is Latin. The Romans always employed the plural scapulae, the shoulder blades. Because the shoulder blade resembles the blade of a trowel (a small shovel), the word scapula is thought to have come from the Greek skaptein meaning to dig..
Like their connected bones the scapulae are paired, with the scapula on the left side of the body being roughly a mirror image of the right scapula. In early Roman times, people thought the bone resembled a trowel , a small shovel. The shoulder blade is also called omo in Latin medical terminology. The scapula forms the back of the shoulder girdle.