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The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long [1] that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone). There are two clavicles, one on each side of the body. The clavicle is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally. [2]
A clavicle is located on each side of the front, upper part of the chest. The clavicle consists of a medial end, a shaft, and a lateral end. The medial end connects with the manubrium of the sternum and gives attachments to the fibrous capsule of the sternoclavicular joint, articular disc, and interclavicular ligament.
The two heads are separated from one another at their origins by a triangular interval (lesser supraclavicular fossa) but gradually blend, below the middle of the neck, into a thick, rounded muscle which is inserted, by a strong tendon, into the lateral surface of the mastoid process, from its apex to its superior border, and by a thin ...
Subclavian groove of clavicle (inferior surface of middle one third of the clavicle) Artery: Thoracoacromial trunk, clavicular branch: Nerve: Subclavian nerve: Actions: Depression of clavicle elevation of first rib: Identifiers; Latin: musculus subclavius: TA98: A04.4.01.007: TA2: 2306: FMA: 13410: Anatomical terms of muscle
Mid-clavicular line: A vertical line passing through the midpoint of the clavicle. Mammillary line; Anterior axillary line: A vertical line on the anterior torso marked by the anterior axillary fold. Midaxillary line: A vertical line passing through the apex of the axilla.
Inferiorly: Middle one third of the clavicle. Roof: Investing layer of the deep cervical fascia. Floor: (From superior to inferior) 1) M. semispinalis capitis 2) M. splenius capitis 3) M. levator scapulae 4) M. scalenus posterior 5) M. scalenus medius
The medial supraclavicular nerves or anterior supraclavicular nerves (nn. supraclaviculares anteriores; suprasternal nerves) cross obliquely over the external jugular vein and the clavicular and sternal heads of the sternocleidomastoideus, and supply the skin as far as the middle line. They furnish one or two filaments to the sternoclavicular ...
Clavicle [1] (superiorly) Lateral border of Pectoralis Major [2] (medially) Medial border of Deltoid muscle [3] (laterally) It contains the cephalic vein, [4] and deltopectoral fascia, which is a layer of deep fascia that invests the three structures that make up the border of the triangle.