HUMAN 



B 



RABBIT 



BIRD 



LIZARD 



SALAMANDER 



Figure 14-12. Brachial plexus and its branches. A, man; B, rabbit; C, bird (Buteo); D, lizard 

 (lacerta); E, salamander {Saiamandra). Nerves serving the different muscles are identified as follows; 

 a, suprocorocoideus; b, subscapuloris; c, teres major; d, deltoideus and teres minor; e cora- 

 cobrachiolis; f, biceps brachii; g, pectoralis; h, latissimus dorsi. The number is that of the last cervical 

 nerve root. (D after Romer, 1944; E after HofFman, 1873-78). 



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