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What is an acromion?

What is an acromion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
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The digastric is reclined towards the front, taking the acromio-coracoidian ligament to the front edge of the acromion.
A positive electrode is placed on the motor point of the medial part, a few centimetres below the outer edge of the acromion.
Then the end of the acromion is shaved off, and the undersurface is smoothed with a little buzz saw.
It is perpendicular to the anterolateral angle of the acromion, measuring approximately 8 to 10 cm.
The furcula's ends are connected by ligaments with the acrocoracoid process and with the rudimentary acromion process of the scapula.
In the opossum the scapula has a spine ending in the acromion, with which the clavicle articulates.

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