ключица collarbone, clavicle

clavicle, collarbone
Когда Славе было четыре года, он упал со стула и сломал левую ключицу. When Slava was four years old, he fell off a chair and broke his left clavicle (his collarbone).
collarbone
У него ключицы торчат. His collarbone sticks out.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the use of the word ключица to refer to the collarbone in humans or animals, though the use of the term in referring to animals is rare. Common sense will dictate which of the expressions in this entry can or cannot be used to refer to animals or humans.

Note that the Russian plural form ключицы can be translated with the English singular 'collarbone' or the plural 'clavicles'.

Morphology

ключица SS f.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Role 1: whose collarbone it is
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive
Ключицы больного были острые, выступающие вперёд. The patient's collarbone was sharp and jutting.
Посмотри на его ключицы — как из концлагеря. Look at his collarbone! He looks like he just got out of a concentration camp.
NB When the word ключица functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction ключица у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
Ключицы у больного были острые, выступающие вперёд. The patient's collarbone was sharp and jutting.

Restrictive modifiers

(a) adjectival modifier
левая/правая ключица the left/right clavicle
От давнего перелома левая ключица у меня всегда болела к перемене погоды. My collarbone (My left clavicle) always hurt when the weather changed because of an old fracture.
больная ключица the bad clavicle, the part of the collarbone that was injured

Lexical Relationships

Syntactic derivatives

ключичный Anatomical clavicular
ключичная впадина Anatomical clavicular cavity

Shape

острые ключицы prominent collarbone (clavicles)
выступать [no Pf.]: у Ng ключицыn выступают (вперёд);
торчать [no Pf.]: у Ng ключицыn торчат 		N's collarbone is prominent

Inflicting and sustaining injuries

ломать/сломать Nd/(себеd) ключицуa to break N's/one's collarbone
перелом ключицыg a fracture of the collarbone

Sample texts

Особенно ему нравилась нежная впадина между её ключицами. He especially liked the tender hollow at the base of her throat.