…The shape of the wing varies from bird to bird, but the basic structure is the same in all birds. The bones of the wing, like those of the forelimbs of other vertebrates, consist of the arm, radius, ulna, arm, palm, and phalanges. In adult birds, all but two of the arm bones are fused with the palm to form a single carpometacarpus, and the fourth and fifth phalanges are missing, and the remaining three phalanges are also underdeveloped (some say that only the first and fifth phalanges are missing). The feathers on the wing distinguish three species. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "carpometacarpus" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…翼の形状はもちろん鳥によって異なるが,その基本的構造はすべての鳥類に共通している。翼の骨は,他の脊椎動物の前肢と同様に,上膊(じようはく)骨,橈骨(とうこつ),尺骨,腕骨,掌骨,指骨より成るが,成鳥では腕骨は2個を除いて掌骨と癒合して1個の腕掌骨carpometacarpusとなり,指骨は第4指と第5指が欠如し,残りの3本の指骨も発達していない(欠けているのは第1指と第5指という説もある)。翼の羽毛は3種を区別できる。… ※「carpometacarpus」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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