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supracoracoideus muscle of wing

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A muscle in the bird's thorax region that originates from carina of the sternum, furcula, and sternal ribs and inserts onto proximal dorsal surface of the humerus. It acts as a primary elevator of the wing in upstroke. [Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function, by Proctor and Lynch, 1998]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supracoracoideus#Muscular_system ]

Term info

Label

supracoracoideus muscle of wing

actions notes

levator of the wing

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Wing_Muscles%2C_color.svg

has related synonym

pectoralis minor

id

UBERON:0011605