220 MYOLOGY. 



CAPUT MAGNUM. 



{Scnpulo-olecranius Magnus.) 

 (Fig. 78. d.) 



This, the great extensor of the fore-arm, is situated on the 

 posterior aspect of the shoulder. It is thick and triangular, 

 extending obliquely downwards and backwards, and consists of 

 several bundles, with tendinous intersections. 



Origiv. — From the dorsal angle and posterior costa of the 

 scapula. 



Insertion. — By a strong tendon to the inner and upper part of 

 the olecranon, a synovial bursa being interposed between it and 

 the apex. It receives many fibres from the caput medium. 



Relation. — Externally with the fascia, the panniculus carnosus,, 

 and the teres externus, which occupies a depression in it ; inter- 

 nally with the latissimus dorsi, scapulo-ulnaris, and teres internus; 

 inferiorly with the caput medium and caput parvum. 



Action. — To flex the shoulder joint, and extend the fore-arm. 



CAPUT MEDIUM. 



(Ihimei'o-olecranius ExtermLS.") 

 (Fig. 78. e.) 



Placed between the preceding niuscle and the humerus, it is 

 thick, short, and fleshy, extending obliquely backwards and down- 

 wards. 



Origin. — Aponeurotic, from a ridge on the supero-posterior 

 part of the shaft, of the humerus, running from the deltoid ridge 

 to the neck. 



Insertion. — The supero-posterior part of the olecranon ; or it 

 may join the tendon of the caput magnum. 



Relation. — Superiorly with the caput magnum ; externally 

 with the teres externus ; inferiorly with the humeralis obliquus 

 and extensor metacarpi magnus; internally with the caput parvum. 



Action. — To extend the fore-arm. 



