Organs which are rudimentary, such as the clavicles in the ostrich and the nictitating membrane in man, bear witness to the unity of plan.
Clavicles better developed than in other Carnivora, but not articulating with either the shoulder-bones or sternum.
Clavicles present, but in a very rudimentary condition.
When both claviclesare fractured, however, it is, short of operation, the only available method of treatment.
Both clavicles may be absent, and it is possible for the patient voluntarily to bring his shoulders into contact with one another in front of the chest; there is little or no impairment of function.
From the depression between the clavicles to the point of the nipple, ten parts and half a minute.
From the depression between the clavicles to the beginning of the deltoid, six parts, four minutes.
From the depression between the clavicles to the lowest part of the breast, ten parts, five minutes.
Sometimes, of the twoclavicles in the same body, one is constructed in the type of the male, and the other in that of the female.
The clavicle of the female is rounder than that of the male; we however find clavicles of females perfectly like those of males, and vice versa.
By approximating his arms he made the ends of his clavicles overlap.
Erichsen effected recovery by rest alone, in an individual whose ribs and both clavicles were fractured by being squeezed.
The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs.
Clavicles are present, as a rule, but not in Potamogale.
Of these the more important are the five digits of both limbs and the plantigrade walk, the presence of clavicles and of a centrale, and the absence of a third trochanter.
Clavicles are present, which is not the case with Potamogale.
The sternum, with the claviclesand scapulae, is perhaps the most curiously modified part of the skeleton of birds.
Amphicoelous; parietals separate; but the nasal bones are fused together, and the clavicles are not dilated.
Amphicoelous; parietals separate; claviclesdilated and with a perforation near the ventral end.
Procoelous; parietals united; eyelids functional; clavicles expanded as in the true geckos which they resemble in other respects.
Procoelous vertebrae; ventral portions of the clavicles not dilated; parietal bones fused into one.
In most Fishes the primitive dermal scutes have become subdermal membrane bones, and the infra-clavicle is usually not distinct, but the two clavicles form the most important part of the membranous elements of the girdle.
In Dromaeus and Casuarius clavicles are present (fused with the scapula in the adult Dromaeus), though absent in other Ratitae (Parker, etc.
With reference to the clavicles the same divergencies of opinion met with in other types are found here also.
The ends of theclavicles remain for some time, or even permanently, cartilaginous, and have been interpreted by Parker, it appears to me on hardly sufficient grounds, as parts of the mesoscapula and praecoracoid.
Clavicles are present and the scapula and coracoid of each side are ossified from separate centres.
There are probably no precoracoids, but clavicles and a T-shaped interclavicle are well developed.
Clavicles are never present in the adult except in a few generalised extinct forms such as Typotherium, and it is only recently that vestigial clavicles have been discovered in the embryo[122].
Clavicles are generally present, and the acromion of the scapula is commonly very long.
Clavicles and a T-shaped interclavicle are commonly present, but are absent in the Chamaeleons.
Clavicles occur in some Theromorpha such as Pariasaurus, and also in the Ichthyosauria, Sauropterygia, Rhynchocephalia, and most Lacertilia.
Clavicles are generally well developed in the Carinatae, and small ones are found also in Hesperornis, and in Emeus and Cassowaries.
Pectoral and pelvic girdles are present, but clavicles are wanting, and the pelvis is not as a rule united to any sacrum.
A pectoral girdle and sternum, with clavicles and a T-shaped interclavicle are developed, and abdominal ribs are always found.
The pectoral girdle has comparatively a much smaller size than in Carinatae, clavicles are small or absent, and the scapula and coracoid lie nearly in the same straight line.
The clavicles are very long and strong, and the scapula has a long spine and coracoid process.
In the shoulder-girdle the coracoids are large and meet in a ventral symphysis; precoracoids and a sternum are apparently absent, but parts generally regarded[71] as the clavicles and interclavicle are well developed.
In the Sauropterygia bones regarded as the clavicles and interclavicle are generally well developed.
The clavicles are also well developed, and vestiges of the precoracoid and of the sternal end of the coracoid are often found.
The precoracoid is represented by merely a small process on the coracoid, while the clavicles are absent, except in the Parasuchia.
Now carefully remove the muscle from the ventral portion of the shoulder girdle, to expose the clavicles and coracoids.
Cut away xiphisternum, and then cut through clavicles and coracoids on either side, and remove ventral part of shoulder girdle, to expose the heart.
No specimen has shown recognisable clavicles or collar-bones.
The supraclavicles are absent from all living Reptiles, and the clavicles are absent from Crocodiles.
Clavicles also may be absent in some orders of mammals.
The more slender clavicles anterior to them, both extending from the base of the arm on each side towards the centre of the body.
Cut through the coracoids and clavicles on each side, close to the base of the arm, and carefully remove this part of the pectoral girdle and sternum so as to show the heart lying underneath.
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