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English: Anatomy of a bird: chart with 15 labeled diagrams of various aspects of bird anatomy. Parts of particular birds are occasionally specified.
Date published 1905
Source The New International Encyclopædia, v. 3, 1905, between pp. 102 and 103. Caption on p. 102.
Author artist not specified; Ernest Ingersoll is the author of the article.
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English: Caption:
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
1.—Limbs as related to the general skeleton: Sca, scapula; hu, humerus; cor, coracoid; r, radius; ca, carpus; di, di', digits; c.m.t.c.p, carpometacarpus; st, sternum; kl, keel of sternum; ul, ulna; py, pygostyle; fe, femur; fi, fibula; t, tibiotarsus; t.m.t.s, tarsometatarsus.
2.—Vertebræ of the tail and plowshare bone (pygostyle).
3.—Shoulder-girdle and carinate sternum: Fu (cl), furculum or ‘wishbone’ (clavicles); g, glenoid cavity for humerus; Sca, scapula; v, vertebral portion of rib; s, sternal portion of rib; un.p., uncinate process; Cor, coracoid; †, articulation of coracoid with sternum; st, sternum; kl, keel (carina) of sternum.
4.—Non-carinate Sternum (of a ratite bird); Cg, cg, coracoid grooves; alp, alp, lateral processes of anterior end; pe, posterior end; kl, position of keel.
5. — Side view of tile right side of the Pelvis of an adult Fowl: Il, Ilium; Is, ischium; Pb, pubis; dl, dorso-lumbar vertebræ; Cd, caudal vertebræ; Am, acetabulum, with its perforated floor; P, pygostyle.
6.— Wing of a Fowl, embryo (x) and adult (y): R, radius; U, ulna; r, radial carpal; u, ulnar carpal; cd 1, 2, 3, distal carpals; M, 1, 2, 3, metacarpals; Ph, phalanges. This exhibits coalescence of bones with age.
7.—Viscera (of a Duck): T, trachea, ending below in syrinx (see Fig. 14); H, heart; v, portion of anterior wall of the body cavity; Co.f.lig, coraco-furcular ligament; P, axillary sac (lying between the coracoid, scapula and the anterior ribs, and communicating with the sub-bronchial air-sacs); S, sub-clavius muscle; Lg, lung; Cor, coracoid; Pa, pectoral artery; Pv, pectoral vein; Pul.a, pulmonary artery; * point of entrance of bronchi into lungs; S, S, partition walls between the anterior intermediate air-sacs: Sl, Sl, partition walls between anterior and posterior intermediate air-sacs; †, anterior intermediate air-sacs; ††, posterior intermediate air-sacs; F.os., fibrous oblique septum; P, pectoralis major;F, furcula; S.lig., suspensory falciform ligament; r.cL., right coronary ligament of the liver; l.cL., left coronary ligament of the liver; r.Abd.s., right abdominal posterior air-sac; l.Abd.s., left ditto; Oe, œsopbagus; Aa, innominate artery; and Va, innominate vein, with their branches.
8.—Convoluted windpipe (of an ibis): W, windpipe (trachea), Fu, furculum; Cor, coracoid; r.b., right bronchus; l.b., left bronchus; St, sternum.
9.—Alimentary canal (of a Fowl): œ, œsophagus; in, crop; pr, proventriculus; gi, gizzard; d, duodenum; sm, lower part of small intestine; ic, intestinal cæca; r, rectum; cl, cloaca; l, liver; gb, gall-bladder; p, pancreas; u u, ureters; ov, left oviduct (the right oviduct is rudimentary).
10.—Muscles of the wing (of a Goose): Bi, biceps; Elast. Sec, vinculum elasticum; Exp. sec, expansor secundiorum; Lig, ligament; Mpt, metapatagium; Pect, pectoral muscle (‘breast’); Propt, propatagium; Pt. lg, and Pt. br, long and short propatagials; Tri, triceps.
11.—Muscles of the Leg: Glut. 2, gluteus maximus; Glut. 4, gluteus medius; Glut. 4, gluteus minimus; Glut. ant, gluteus anterior; Vasts, vastus externus and vastus internus; Obt. intern, obturator internus; Crureus, crureus; Semitend, semitendinosus; Femo-Caudl, femero-caudal; Biceps, biceps femoris; Ambiens, ambiens; Longs. hall, longus hallucis.
12.—Structure of the inner Ear: Q, quadrate bone; Pter, right pterygoid; F. M., foramen magnum; Cd, occipital condyle; L, lagena; Co, columella auris; H, horizontal semicircular canal; S, sagittal semicircular canal.
13.—Section across the Nasal Channel of a Bird's Beak.
14.—Typical form of a bronchial Syrinx in Passerine Birds: a, front view; b, side view, showing position of external tympanic membranes; tc, tracheo-clavicular muscles.
15.—Plantar Tendons (Passerine type); fp, flexor perforans, dividing to 2d, 3d, and 4th toes; fh, flexor hallucis.

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