The alligator and its alliesReese, A. M. (Albert Moore)
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The alligator and its allies
Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore)
Alligators
_Coraco-antebrachialis_ (Plate I., Figs. 2 and 5, b¹) (Biceps,
Coracoideus, Langer Kopf des langen Beugers, Langer Kopf des Biceps,
Biceps humeri, Biceps brachii, Coraco-radialis). A slender and
rather weak muscle on the flexor side of the upper arm. It arises by
a fairly broad but thin tendon from the outer surface of the coracoid
immediately before the coraco-brachialis. As a weak bundle it passes
between the lateral and median processes, lying medially near the
brachialis inferior muscle, with which, at the end of the upper arm, it
unites; after their union the two muscles continue as a broad tendon
that splits into two parts, which are inserted on the proximal end of
the radius and of the ulna.
_Humero-antebrachialis Inferior_ (Plate I., Figs. 2 and 6, hai)
(Brachialis inferior, Caput breve m. bicipitis, Kurzer Kopf des Biceps,
Brachial interne, Brachialis anticus, Erster vom Oberarm ausgehender
Beuger, Portion of Brachiæus). Springs from the lateral flexor side of
the humerus, from the distal end of the lateral process to the distal
end of the bone, except the epiphysis; at the end of the upper arm it
unites with the biceps and with it is inserted, by two tendons, to the
radius and ulna.
_Dorso-humeralis_ (Plate I., Fig. 1, dh) (Latissimus dorsi, Breiter
Rückenmuskel, Humero-dorsalis). It springs as an aponeurosis from
the back at the level of the first four or five dorsal vertebræ, and
passes, with converging fibers, cephalo-ventrad to unite with the teres
major muscle; in common with the latter it extends along the extensor
surface of the humerus to be inserted between the lateral and median
processes.
_Dorsalis Scapulæ_ (Plate I., Fig. 1, dss) (Deltoides scapularis
superior, Unterer Theil des äusseren Schulterblattmuskels,
Untergrätenmuskel, Suprascapularis, Infraspinatus, Supraspinatus).
Springs from the anterior half of the outer surface of the scapula,
passes between the deltoides scapularis inferior and the caput
scapulare laterale externum m. anconæi, as a narrow band, to be
inserted on the lateral side of the humerus.
_Deltoides scapularis Inferior_ (Plate I., Figs. 1 and 2, dsi)
(Deltoideus superior, Supra- and Infraspinatus, Theil der
Schulterhälfte des Hebers des Armes, Theil der oberen [Schulterblatt-]
Abtheilung des Deltoideus, Zweiter Hebemuskel des Oberarmes, Theil des
Deltoides). A strong muscle on the side of the shoulder. It springs
from the spine of the scapula, passes back with slightly converging
fibers, and ends chiefly on the outer surface of the processus
lateralis humeri, while a number of superficial fibers end in the
humero-radialis muscle.
_Scapulo-humeralis Profundus_ (Plate I., Fig. 4, shpr) (Teres minor,
Erster Teres major, Scapulo-humeralis). A small muscle that springs
from the posterior border of the lower third of the scapula, and
passes, with converging fibers, to its insertion on the humerus just
distal to the medial process.
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