Nearly all of the palmar surface is initially in contact with the ground but as the body is brought forward and the humerus swings outward, only the claws, and finally, only the two inner claws are in contact with the ground.
Each foreleg is brought forward and the humerus points nearly straight ahead when the foot touches the ground.
Having released the chest, skin all away from the back and shoulder; the fore-arm now appears, showing the articulation of the humerus with the radius and ulna.
On the outer side of the humerus between the head and the crista inferior is a groove lodging one of the coraco-humeral ligaments.
The distal end of the humerus ends in a trochlea, with a larger knob for the ulna and a smaller oval knob for the radius.
Also a perfect right radius of corresponding dimensions, and the upper-third of a right ulna corresponding to the humerus and radius.
The humerus is the strongest bone of the upper extremity.
When the shoulder is dislocated the head of the humerus has been forced out of its socket.
One large bull which I skeletonized had had his humerus shot squarely in two, but it had united again more firmly than ever.
After a short but sharp chase I succeeded in getting a fair shot at him, and killed him with a ball which broke his left humerus and passed into his lungs.
The length of the radius in relation to the humerus (= 100) exhibits variations a little more appreciable.
They also make many weapons and tools of wood, of shells, and of human humerus bones.
Humerus with a perforation on the inner side of the lower end; a very large extra radial carpal bone.
In fact, the humerus and metatarsals of the existing Felis onca are essentially identical with the bones from the Patagonian cavern, except that they are rather smaller.
Patagonian humerus by the remarkable lateral compression of its shaft and the much greater downward extension of its prominent and sharp deltoid ridge.
The humerus in all the large species of Felis, on the other hand, only differs from the fossil now under discussion in very small particulars.
Next to these in order are the femur or thigh-bone, in the hind-leg, and the humerus or arm-bone of the anterior limb.
So when the humerus or femur are fractured, the bones may unite of themselves; but in that case shortening of the limb and incurable lameness is certain to ensue.
I then compared in several breeds the {271} length of the femur and tibia with the humerus and ulna, and likewise these same bones with those of G.
Pruner-Bey, on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man; on the colour of negro infants.
Leguay, on the occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of man.
Guanche skeletons, occurrence of the supra-condyloid foramen in the humerus of.
Foramen, supra-condyloid, exceptional occurrence of in the humerus of man; in the early progenitors of man.
At this or some earlier period, the great artery and nerve of the humerus ran through a supra-condyloid foramen.
Take the skeleton of a horse, and you will observe that the scapula and humerus are set almost at right angles to each other.
The humerus is remarkable for the great development of the supinator ridge.
Probably I have not done wisely in selecting a portion of the skull as a standard--a bone of the body, such as a femur or humerus might be more reliable--but I was driven to it by circumstances.
What are called the secondaries are attached to the ulna of the forearm, while the tertiaries occupy the humerus and are next to the body.
The humerus in genera from rocks associated with the Chalk presents two modifications, chiefly seen in the characters of the distal end of the bone.
One of these appears to have the humerus short, the ulna and radius long, and the finger bones long; the other has the humerus longer, the ulna much shorter, and the finger bones shorter.
Sir Richard Owen compared the bone to the humerus of both birds and crocodiles, but in its upper articular end the crocodile bone may be said to be more like a bird than it is like the Pterodactyle.
The shaft of the humerus is always stouter than that of the femur, though different genera differ in this respect.
For what the character is worth, the head of the humerus does show a closer approximation to a Monotreme Mammal than is seen in Birds, and is to some extent paralleled in those South African reptiles which approximate to Mammals most closely.
Not the least remarkable of the many astonishing resemblances of these light aerial creatures to the more heavy bodied Dinosaurs is the circumstance that the humerus in both groups makes a not dissimilar approach to that of certain Mammals.
The wing bones are remarkable for the short powerful humerus with an expanded radial crest, which is fully equal in width to half the length of the bone.
In that sense the head of the humerus in a Pterodactyle has some affinity with the lowest Mammalia, which approach nearest to Reptiles.
The humerus or femur would appear to be the basipterygial bars (metapterygium), which have become directed outwards instead of retaining their original position parallel to the length of the body at the base of the fin.
The humerus with the radius and ulna, and the corresponding parts in the hind limb, are the first parts to be differentiated in the continuous plate of tissue from which the skeleton of the limb is formed.
The proximal end of the humerus is more rounded anteriorly than posteriorly, and has a thin articular border that bore a cartilaginous cap as the primary surface for articulation with the scapulocoracoid.
The smooth and relatively flat surfaces suggest an aquatic rather than terrestrial limb; only the proximal half of the humerus bears any conspicuous ridges or depressions.
Perforation of the humerus (supra-condyloid foramen) in three species of Quadrumana where it normally occurs, and in Man, where it does not normally occur 95 26.
Perforation of the humerus (supra-condyloid foramen) in three species of Quadrumana where it normally occurs, and in Man, where it does not normally occur.
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