Notes on two scapulae 



by 

 R. J. Anderson 



in Galway. 



(With two woodcuts.) 



No. 1. A scapula (left) of a female subject has the following 

 measurements : 



Vertebral border 16,5 cm. 



Axillary border 10 cm. 



Superior border 6 cm. 



Glenoid fossa 32 x 22 mm. 



The breadth of the axillary border just below the glenoid fossa, 

 is 12 mm, and 18 mm below the same fossa, the breadth is 10 mm. 

 The border continues to diminish in breadth as for as the lower third 

 of the bone. 



A spine arises from the posterior part of the axillary border at 

 a distance of 25 mm from the glenoid cavity. This process measures 

 6 mm, is directed outwards and downwards and is flattened from before 

 backwards. This process corresponds very nearly to the lower limit 

 of the caput longum m. quadrigemini. 



A large fossa occupies the border above the last mentioned pro- 

 cess and by a funnel -like prolongation reaches beneath the latter. 

 This fossa measures 9x9 mm by 6 mm depth. 



A smaller fossa is situated below and behind the spine and is 

 perforated by four vascular foramina one of which leads into a canal 

 which runs outwards and opens on the surface of the bone. Another 



