著者

Nagahisa Kuroda

出版者

Yamahisa Institute for Ornithology

巻号頁・発行日

1990

著者

by Oliver L. Austin Jr. and Nagahisa Kuroda

出版者

Museum of Comparative Zoology

巻号頁・発行日

1953

著者

Nagahisa Kuroda

出版者

Yamashina Institute for Ornitology

雑誌

山階鳥類研究所研究報告 (ISSN:00440183)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.3, no.3, pp.189-211, 1962-12-31 (Released:2008-11-10)

参考文献数

9

被引用文献数

5 13

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Cervical muscles in eleven Orders and nineteen species of birds were compared by semidiagramatical illustrations of the lateral view. The main series of cervical muscles studied was given the following nomenclature:1. Dorsal muscles1. Biventer muscle, M. biventer cervicalis2. Dorsal long cervical muscle, M. longus colli posticus (M. spinalis)a. Longitudinal part, pars longus b. Anterior part, pars anteriorc. Posterior part, pars posterior d. Inferior part, pars inferior3. Dorsal profound cervical muscle, M. profundus colli posticus4. Intercrestal muscle, M. intercristalisII. Lateral muscles1. Oblique cervical muscle, M. obliquus colli2. Lateral cervical muscle, M. colli lateralis (M. intertransversalis)III. Ventral muscles1. Ventral long cervical muscle, M. longus colli anticusa. Longitudinal part, pars longus b. Anterior part, pars anteriorc. Posterior part, pars posteriorThe development of these muscles is extremely variable both adaptively and possibly taxonomically and in some groups is very specialized. These complexities of the avian cervical muscle system are the natural result of their variety of uses of the neck in food-getting and other activities. The myology of this interesting and important part of avian body, however, has been curiously neglected and is open to future detailed comparative studies.