But size isn't everything and where on the femur the caudofemoralis is also important.
但大小并不是一切,股骨尾肌在股骨上的位置也很重要。
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When the caudofemoralis retracts, it pulls backwards on the leg.
当股尾肌收缩时,它会向后拉腿。
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This, is called the caudofemoralis, and it's a tail muscle with a tendon that attaches to the femur.
这就是所谓的尾股肌,它是一种尾部肌肉,带有附着在股骨上的肌腱。
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Here is the femur of a hadrosaur or duck billed dinosaur and the spot where the caudofemoralis attaches is easy to identify.
这是鸭嘴龙或鸭嘴龙的股骨,尾股肌附着的位置很容易识别。
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Had a caudofemoralis that was, even relatively to their enormous body size, significantly larger than that of modern lizards and crocodiles.
有一个尾股肌,即使相对于它们巨大的体型,也比现代蜥蜴和鳄鱼大得多。
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Now based on this and many other muscle to bone attachment sites, it's possible to calculate the size of a caudofemoralis in a wide variety of different dinosaur species.
现在基于这个和许多其他肌肉与骨骼的附着点,可以计算出各种不同恐龙物种的尾股肌的大小。
英语百科
Caudofemoralis
The caudofemoralis (from the Latin cauda, tail and femur, thighbone) is a muscle found in the pelvic limb of mostly all animals possessing a tail. It is thus found in nearly all tetrapods.