THE MUSCLES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY. 



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insertion on the top of the nhiar tuberosity of the 

 corresponding liumerus. 



To a limited degree, the coraco-brachiaJis and teres 



Fig. 33. — Superficial muscles of the upper extremity in the region of the shoulder 

 and dorsum of a Raven, s, scapula ; a, anterior slip of the latissimus 

 dorsi ; p, its posterior slip. The head of the coracoid can be seen where 

 the mesial extremities of the patagii muscles pass over it ; s.h., the 

 scapulo humeralis muscle. The extensor metacarpi radialis longus 

 muscle is indicated by the letters e.m.r.l. Life-size, by the author-, 

 from his own dissections. 



minor assist the pectorals in their action in the down- 

 ward stroke of the humerus, and so the wing, but they 

 also assist in keeping that bone in its shallow glenoid 

 cavity. 



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