_The Humerus_ (Plate VII., Fig. 1).--The humerus is short, but
excessively stout, twisted slightly on its axis; it decreases
gradually in size downward, with the smallest diameter about two
inches below the end of the deltoid ridge. The head is large,
hemispherical, and sessile, projecting very slightly out of the
axis of its shaft. The great tuberosity is heavy, but not high, and
is separated from the low lesser tuberosity by a shallow bicipital
groove.
The trochleæ are very nearly equal in size, directed obliquely to
the axis of the shaft, and are separated by a narrow groove, which
runs from the supra-trochlear fossa down and in, then back and up to
the anconeal fossa. The condylar tuberosities are large and rugose;
the external is the greater, and is directed antero-posteriorly. The
deltoid ridge is long and heavy, and extends nearly two thirds down
the shaft, branching out into two forks near its end. The supinator
ridge is short and rudimentary, differing in this respect entirely
from the great development found on the humerus of the _Proboscidea_.
The supra-condylar fossa is small, subcircular in form, and very
deep, it has the peculiarity of being placed above the external
condyle alone. The anconeal fossa is median in position and quite
deep.
_Measurements of Humerus._
M.
Length ·63
Smallest circumference of shaft just below deltoid
ridge ·288
Greatest proximal circumference below greater
tuberosities ·45
Width of trochlea on anterior side ·154
Length of anconeal fossa ·071
Width of anconeal fossa ·062
Width of distal end at condylar tuberosities ·23
Length of deltoid ridge ·22
Length of groove running from supra-trochlear to
anconeal fossa ·272
_The Ulna_ (Plate VII.. Fig. 2).--The ulna is long, heavy at both
ends, with a slender trihedral shaft that curves forward, and
decreases in size as it approaches the distal end. The proximal end
has its articular face for the humerus divided into three facets,
the vertical being long and extremely convex; the horizontal has the
pre-axial face the longer. The olecranon is very massive and rugose,
sending up on its external side a high, pointed projection; while
on the internal side, the olecranon becomes compressed and projects
inward; these tuberosities are separated by a wide, shallow groove
for the tendon. The distal articular face is large, single, and is
concave antero-posteriorly, and convex laterally. The styloid process
is very heavy.
_Measurements of Ulna._
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