Wishbone - Wishbone
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…In birds, the left and right clavicles are connected at the midline via the interclavicular bone to form a single V-shaped bone called the furcula or wishbone. In mammals, the number of bones is further reduced, except for monotremes, which have a shoulder girdle similar to that of reptiles. From [Collarbone]...The anterior part of the pectoralis major, the largest muscle, is attached to this bone. It is said that if two people pull on this bone, the wish of the person who picks up the larger piece will be granted, so the clavicle of a bird is called a wishbone. Skeleton [Tsunetaro Fujita] [Motoo Tasumi]. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "wishbone" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
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…鳥類では左右の鎖骨が間鎖骨を介して正中部で連結融合し，1個のV字形の骨になる。これを叉（さ）骨，暢思（ちようし）骨(ウィッシュボーン)などとよぶ。 哺乳類では，爬虫類と同様の肩帯をもつ単孔類を除き，構成骨の数がさらに減少する。… 【鎖骨】より…最大の筋肉である大胸筋の前部がこれに付着する。この骨を2人で引っぱりあい，大きいほうの破片を取った者の願いがかなえられるという言伝えから，鳥の鎖骨をウィッシュボーンwishbone(暢思（ちようし）骨)と呼ぶ。骨格【藤田 恒太郎】【田隅 本生】。… ※「ウィッシュボーン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報 |
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