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postscapida, and its edge is \\\q posterior border (g/?) ; a third 

 projects outwards, constituting the inesoscapula of Parker, 

 called more commonly the <r///^^ {s). The tirst-named border 

 {cb) terminates below by joining the coracoid, and hence, to 

 avoid the inconvenience of a term which is only expressive 

 when the bone is in a particular position, it may be called 

 coracoid border ; the second {gb) joins the prominent margin 

 of the glenoid fossa, and may, for the same reason, be called 



Fia 72. — Right scapula of Dog [Cam's fannlia7-is), \. /^ po«tscapular fossa; af 

 prescapular fosaa ; gb glenoid or posterior border; cb coracoid or anterior border ; 

 i spine ; a acromion ; gc glenoid cavity ; c coracoid ; ess indicates the position of 

 the coraco-scapular suture, obliterated in adult animals by the complete ankylosis 

 of the two bones ; ss suprascapular border. 



glenoid border ; the third {s) has a free end, usually more or 

 less prolonged into a curved, flattened process, called the 

 acromion {a). 



The flat or concave surfaces or fossae between these pro- 

 jecting lamellae are — (i) the prescapular or anterior fossa 

 {af), between the coracoid border and the spine, called, in 

 works on human anatomy, " supraspinous fossa ; " (2) the 



