An introduction to anatomy and physiology : for the use of general readers, young persons, and junior medical students.

  • Sandwith, Thomas.
Date:
1825
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Credit: An introduction to anatomy and physiology : for the use of general readers, young persons, and junior medical students. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    its elasticity, and partly by the operation of two masses of muscle, on each side its spinous pro- cesses. Each mass consists of the longissimus dorsi, scicro-lumbalis, and cervicalis descendens. These muscles are wanting in birds, whose necks alone are movable. The motion of the tail in animals and birds is effected by peculiar muscles; and the spinal muscles of fishes are totally different from those of the other classes. The lateral movements of the trunk are effected chiefly by the oblique muscles of the belly, and the quadratus lumborum, which are not found in birds and bats. Each quadratus occupies the space between the last rib, and posterior pait of the crest of the ilium, and are conspicuously exerted in the see-saw gait of a sailor. Farewell.