Identifier: cu31924024791737 (find matches)
Title: Regional anatomy in its relation to medicine and surgery
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: McClellan, George, 1849-1913
Subjects: Anatomy, Surgical and topographical
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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. 14. The basilic vein before it empties into the axillary vein. 15. The axillary glands. 16. The intercosto-humeral nerve. 17. The sub-scapular artery and veins. 18. The sub-scapular nerves. 19. The blending of the veins of the forearm over the ten- don of the biceps muscle. 20. The cephalic vein. 21. The biceps muscle. The basilic vein. The brachial artery. The brachial vein. The median nerve. The coracoid attachment of the biceps muscle. The musculo-cutaneous nerve. The thoracico-humeral artery. The coraco-brachialis muscle. The coracoid attachment of the severed pectoralis minor muscle.The inner cord of the brachial plexus of nerves.The axillary artery.The main brachial vein before its entrance into the axillary vein.The brachial plexus of nerves.The acromio-thoracic artery.The severed pectoralis major muscle, reflected.The serratus magnus muscle.The posterior thoracic nerve.The short thoracic artery.The great axillary vein.The right clavicle.The trapezius muscle. Plate 4-.5 Vol I
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Copyright, IS3I. U fro.ist- Wc &f.tt/^^,« ft Disspct^. Pholaqr-iphed a^d Colored frcrn Nntijm hi Georse Mc Ci sirAN, M 0. THE REGION OF THE SHOULDER. 327 coraco-clavicular ligament. They severally serve to restrain the move-ments of the shoulder. The curved formation of the clavicle renders itsufficiently elastic to compensate for its otherwise weak construction, sothat it is capable of moderating the effects of ordinary concussions re-ceived through the shoulder. Its outer surfaces consist of comj)act tissue,which is much thicker at the middle of the bone, and the interior consistsof large-meshed spaces of cancellous tissue containing reddish-coloredmarrow usually at the sternal end. The clavicle is peculiar not only in that it is the first bone of theskeleton to ossify, but also in that ossification begins in its primaryfibrous substance before the deposition of cartilage. At birth the entireshaft is bony, although the ends are cartilaginous. The sternal end isthe sole epiphysi

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