Q26 - Comparative Flight Muscle Anatomy of Birds and Bats
The figures 1-4 illustrate the schematic cross-sectional anatomy of bones and flying muscles of a bird and a bat.
Figure 1.
Using the information and data, determine which of the statements are true or which are false.
A. Figure 1 and 2 are the bat structures.
B. The animal of figure 1 and 2 has seven cervical vertebrae.
C. In figure 1 and 2 the only mobile joint, which is involved in wing's flapping is scapula-humoral.
D. The muscle supracoracoideus in figure 3, is responsible for downstroke movement in flapping cycle.
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