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
_Insertion._—To the lower border of the pneumatic fossa of the humerus.
_Shape._—Thin, flat, triangular.
_Relations._—Externally, with the trapezius and posteriorly, with the
teres et infraspinatus.
_Action._—If the scapula is the fixed point it will pull the humerus
upward and backward.
=Subclavius.= _Location._—Anterior sternal region.
_Origin._—From the entire outer surface of the sternal process of the
sternum and the adjacent outer surfaces of three or four of the
hemapophyses.
_Insertion._—To the inferior margin of the coracoid bone, the longer
fibers passing over to the fossa in the lower third of the posterior
part of the coracoid.
_Shape._—Rather small, fleshy.
_Relations._—Overlapped by the pectoralis tertius.
_Action._—Pulls the coracoid outward. Also aids in keeping the coracoid
in place.
=Coraco-brachialis= (Fig. 13, No. 15). _Location._—Along the coracoid
shaft.
_Origin._—By a delicate tendon from a small circular point on the
postero-mesial part of the shaft of the coracoid immediately above the
attachment of the subclavius and the fossa at that point.
_Insertion._—To the top of the ulnar tuberosity of the humerus. This
subcircular space is common to the teres minor and to this muscle.
_Shape._—Long, fusiform.
_Relations._—With the shaft of the coracoid between the teres minor and
subscapularis.
_Action._—To depress the wing.
=Teres Minor= (Fig. 13, No. 14). _Location._—The coraco-scapular region.
_Origin._—From under the side of the anterior tip of the scapula.
_Insertion._—Passing outward behind the coracoid head and beneath the
neck of the scapula, it is attached by a small tendon to the top of the
ulnar tuberosity of the humerus in common with the coraco-brachialis,
with which tendon it fuses.
_Shape._—Small, chunky.
_Relations._—Anteriorly, with the tip of the scapula and behind the
coracoid head. Posteriorly, with the coraco-brachialis.
_Action._—Aids in the downward stroke of the wing.
=Levator Scapulæ.= _Location._—Scapular region.
_Origin._—By two strong digitations, one from each of the lateral
processes of the first cervical vertebra.
_Insertion._—To the middle third of the inferior part of the blade of
the scapula.
_Shape._—Small and flat.
_Relations._—Inferior to the scapula.
_Action._—Pulls the scapula forward, and with it the entire shoulder
girdle, which articulates like a hinge-joint at the costo-sternal
juncture.
=Thoraco-scapularis.= _Location._—Lateral side of the chest.
_Origin._—From the outer part of the lower half of the first free rib,
the outer side of the next succeeding rib and its epineural appendage,
and from a similar surface on the next rib.
_Insertion._—By a broad, flat tendon which passes between the two
divisions of the subscapularis and inserts at a point at the juncture of
the anterior and middle third of the outer margin of the scapula.
_Shape._—Broad, flat.
_Relations._—Internally, with the ribs and the scapula.
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