Human physiology : designed for colleges and the higher classes in schools and for general reading . s and has a very free motion. Its design is to give free-dom of motion to the arm. It is directly connected with theskeleton only by its union with the clavicle. In Fig. 101 yousee the arrangement of the clavicle, scapula, and , C, are the scapulae or shoulder-blades. A, is the upper partof the breastbone. B, B, are the clavicles fastened to thebreastbone at one end, and to the shoulder-blade at the otherend at E, which is a process of the shoulder-blade, making theprojecting top of
Human physiology : designed for colleges and the higher classes in schools and for general reading . s and has a very free motion. Its design is to give free-dom of motion to the arm. It is directly connected with theskeleton only by its union with the clavicle. In Fig. 101 yousee the arrangement of the clavicle, scapula, and , C, are the scapulae or shoulder-blades. A, is the upper partof the breastbone. B, B, are the clavicles fastened to thebreastbone at one end, and to the shoulder-blade at the otherend at E, which is a process of the shoulder-blade, making theprojecting top of the shoulder-joint. D, is another process ofthe shoulder which serves for the attachment of muscles andligaments. It is called the coracoid process, from its resem-blance to the beak of a crow. 291. The upper extremity is divided into three parts, thearm, the forearm, and the hand. The arm has but one longbone, the humerus, i, Fig. 86. This has a round head whichmoves in a shallow cup formed by the shoulder-blade. The THE BONES. 191 Collar-bones. Shoulder-blades. Bones of the forearm. FIG. THE COLLAR-BONES AND THE SHOULDER-BLADES. FIG. 102.
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