corresp. to Gr. κορακο- combining form of κόραξ raven, crow, now used in Anat. as comb. form of CORACOID, in sense ‘relating to the coracoid process and some other part,’ as coraco-acromial, connecting the coracoid with the acromial, as the coraco-acromial ligament; coraco-brachial, applied to a muscle that arises from the coracoid and is inserted into the shaft of the fore-arm, which it draws forwards and inwards; coraco-clavicular, uniting the coracoid and clavicle, as coraco-clavicular ligament; coraco-costal = COSTO-CORACOID; coraco-humeral, pertaining to the coracoid and humerus, as coraco-humeral ligament, the accessary ligament of the shoulder joint; coraco-hyoid, coraco-mandibular, coraco-pectoral, applied to muscles that extend from the coracoid to the hyoid bone, the lower jaw, and the thorax, respectively; coraco-procoracoid, pertaining to the coracoid and procoracoid, as a coraco-procoracoid symphyseal ligament; coraco-scapular, pertaining to the coracoid and scapula; consisting of coracoid and scapula combined; coraco-vertebral, applied to that angle of the scapula that lies between its coracoid and vertebral borders.
1852–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 434/2. The *coraco-acromial, or triangular ligament.
[1785. Anat. Dialogues (ed. 2), 270. Which is the *coraco-brachialis?]
1842. E. Wilson, Anat. Vade-M., 65. The foramen for the medullary vessels is situated … a little below the coraco-brachial ridge.
1841. Library of Med., Cruveilhier’s Anat., I. 179. The two *coraco-clavicular ligaments are continuous.
1847. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 570/1. The *coraco-costal fascia.
1882. Syd. Soc. Lex., *Coraco-cubital muscle, a synonym of the Flexor brachii longus of Solipedes.
1841. Library of Med., Cruveilhier’s Anat., I. 183. The capsule is strengthened above by a considerable bundle of fibres called the coracoid ligament, *coraco-humeral ligament, or accessory ligament of the fibrous capsule.
[1706. Phillips, *Coracohyoides.]
1782. A. Monro, Anat. Bones & Nerves, 179. Immediately behind this … cavity the coraco-hyoid muscle has its rise.
