单词 | supracoracoideus |
释义 | supracoracoideusn. Zoology and Palaeontology. A muscle originating from the sternum (in birds) or the coracoid bone or plate (in reptiles and amphibians) and inserting on the humerus, serving (in birds) to elevate the wing in flight and (in reptiles and amphibians) to support the body on the forelimb. More fully supracoracoideus muscle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > sternum > muscle attached to supracoracoideus1886 supracoracoid2006 1886 W. N. Parker tr. R. Wiedersheim Elements Compar. Anat. 115 (caption) Supracoracoideus. 1892 St. G. Mivart Birds iv. 203 Beneath this great muscle there is another, called the second pectoral—or supracoracoideus. 1949 J. T. Saunders & S. M. Manton Man. Pract. Vertebr. Morphol. (ed. 2) ix. 88 The supracoracoideus muscle elevates the wing. 1979 Nature 15 Mar. 247/2 It has been argued that the structure of the coracoid of Archaeopteryx would not have permitted the supracoracoideus muscle to function as a wing elevator. 2003 Integrative & Compar. Biol. 43 821/1 We measured neuromuscular activity in their primary wing muscles, the pectoralis and supracoracoideus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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