. Text-book of operative surgery . cromio-thoracic artery which lies under itis ligatured. ARTHROTOMY, OSTEOTOMY, AND RESECTION 321 Tlie muscles attaclied to tlie coracoid process, viz. the pectoralis minor, the short head of tlie biceps, and tlie coraco-bracliialis, now appear, in front of which, at the lower part of tlie wound, tlie upper edge of the smooth tendon of the pectoralis major is seen passing to its Insertion into the humerus. The arm being slightly rotated inwards, the sheath of the biceps tendon is opened by cutting down to the bone at the outer border of the above muscles, wher
. Text-book of operative surgery . cromio-thoracic artery which lies under itis ligatured. ARTHROTOMY, OSTEOTOMY, AND RESECTION 321 Tlie muscles attaclied to tlie coracoid process, viz. the pectoralis minor, the short head of tlie biceps, and tlie coraco-bracliialis, now appear, in front of which, at the lower part of tlie wound, tlie upper edge of the smooth tendon of the pectoralis major is seen passing to its Insertion into the humerus. The arm being slightly rotated inwards, the sheath of the biceps tendon is opened by cutting down to the bone at the outer border of the above muscles, where the ^ ^j bicipital groove iiiay be distinctly feit. The sheath is now ^g^ * slit up along with the capsule as far as the edge of the glenoid, and the tendon which is tlius freed is drawn _s^ / inwards. The biceps tendon is exposed, not only that it may bei preserved, but in order that the upper end of the g^^ bone may be rendered accessible along the line of the /Tendon of short head of bicepsrt and coraco-brachialis.\ Coracoid process.
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