The anatomy of the domestic fowlKaupp, B. F. (Benjamin Franklyn)
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The anatomy of the domestic fowl
Kaupp, B. F. (Benjamin Franklyn)
Poultry -- Anatomy
The _brachialis longus inferior_ (Fig. 68, No. 2), a continuation of the
main trunk of the inferior brachial nerve, which comes out of all the
plexus roots except the first. It gives off some branches to the
pectoral region and then enters the shoulder cavity. It gives off the
anterior coraco-brachialis, passes down the humerus in an S-shape, and
divides into two branches, the ulnar and the median.
The _ulnar nerve_ (Fig. 67, No. 3) divides into numerous branches which
are distributed to the ulnar side of the forearm and the hand. The ulnar
nerve passes below the skin of the ulnar outside rim of the forearm and
gives branches to the carpi ulnaris, finally supplying the flexor
digitorum; it then passes with the tendon of this muscle downward to the
interosseous dorsalis, the abductor indicis, or flexor minimi brevis,
the flexor pollicis, and the abductor pollicis, or extensor proprius
pollicis.
The _median nerve_ (Fig. 67, No. 2) extends down the arm and gives
branches to the biceps muscle, and to the patagii region. Continuing,
the median nerve supplies the pronator muscle and the brachialis
inferior, or brachialis anticus, and then divides into two branches. The
first and largest branch passes between the two pronator muscles giving
branches to the pronator profundus, or pronator longus, and the flexor
digitorum profundus muscle. This nerve then passes anteriorly along the
tendon to the base of the digit, and, on the dorsal side, joins the
other branch of the median nerve. At this point there is often a plexus,
and at the point of fusion of the ulnar nerve on the ulnar side there
may also be a small plexus. These plexuses mainly supply the skin of
these regions. The second branch, passes forward, crosses the extensor
carpi radialis and lies just below the pronator profundus, or pronator
longus, giving branches to the skin. It passes downward on the radial
side of the ulnar and supplies the muscles of that part; it then
continues down the hand. Branches are given off to the extensor proprius
pollicis, the interosseous dorsalis, the flexor digitorum, and to the
skin between the thumb and the forefinger.
The _intercostal nerves_ (Fig. 70, No. 18) are given off from the spinal
cord of the dorsal region. The superior branches are small and supply
the superior dorsal region. The inferior branches lie one behind each
rib, innervate the intercostal muscles, and give a few twigs to the
superficial thoracic muscles.
=The Lumbo-sacral, or Crural, Nerve Plexus.=—The crural plexus (Fig. 70,
No. 35 and 36) is made up of trunks from the last two lumbar and first
four sacral spinal nerves. There are two portions of this plexus
separated by a considerable distance.
The anterior portion (Fig. 70, No. 35) consists of the lumbar nerves and
a portion of the first sacral nerves. The fusion takes place on the bony
ridge that separates the lumbar from the sacral region.
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