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Figure 7. Attachment sites for pectoral and forelimb musculature of Xenopus laevis. Skull shown in right posterolateral view (A). Right suprascapula and scapula shown in lateral (B) and medial (C) views. Close-up of pectoral and forelimb skeleton in right posterolateral view (D) and right ventrolateral view (E). Muscle attachment sites are identified using lowercase abbreviations. crh, attachment of M. coracohumeralis; cul, attachment of M. cucullaris; del, attachment of M. deltoideus; dsc, attachment of M. dorsalis scapulae; ici, attachment of M. intertransversarius capitis inferior; ics, attachment of M. intertransversarius capitis superior; isc, attachment of M. interscapularis; lsi, attachment of M. levator scapulae inferior; lss, attachment of M. levator scapulae superior; ltd, attachment of M. latissimus dorsi; pec, attachment of M. pectoralis pars abdominalis; pec′, attachment of M. pectoralis pars anterior sternalis; pec″, attachment of M. pectoralis pars posterior sternalis; rba, attachment of M. rhomboideus anterior; shp, attachment of M. scapulo-humeralis profundus posterior; sri, attachment of M. serratus inferior; srm, attachment of M. serratus medius; srs, attachment of M. serratus superior; ssc, attachment of M. subscapularis; str, attachment of M. sternoradialis; tri, attachment of M. triceps brachii long head; tri′, attachment of M. triceps brachii outer head; tri″, attachment of M. triceps brachii inner head. Image published in: Porro LB and Richards CT (2017) Copyright © 2017. This image is reproduced with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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