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portion, the suprascapula, which is composed of cartilage 

 which is more or less calcified at the base. The supra- 



FIG. 67. Middle part of the shoulder girdle of the frog from below. Co, 

 coracoid ; Co', epicoracoid ; Cl, clavicle; Ep, episternum ; G, glenoid 

 cavity; Fe, fenestra ; A'C, cartilage between scapula and clavicle; Kn, 

 xiphisternum ; m, junction of epicoracoids; 6", scapula; 5/, sternum. 

 (After Wiedersheim.) 



scapula articulates below with the long scapiila, which is 

 oblong and constricted in the middle ; the posterior side of 

 the lower end forms part of the glenoid fossa, which receives 

 the head of the humerus. A notch occurs at the glenoid 

 fossa, dividing the lower end of the scapula into dorsal or 

 g/e noid part from a ventral acromial portion. 



From the lower end of the scapula two bars extend 

 toward the middle line. The anterior of these consists of 

 a bar of hyaline cartilage, \hsprocoracoid, in front of, and 



