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clavicle (collar bone)

A doubly curved long bone that forms part of the shoulder & part of the anterior chest wall. Articulations: 1) medial: with the manubrium of the sternum at the sternoclavicular joint 2) lateral: with the acromion at the acromioclavicular joint

Related

acromioclavicular joint sternoclavicular joint

Specific

acromial facet of clavicle; acromial articular surface of clavicle sternal end of clavicle; sternal extremity of clavicle sternal facet of clavicle; sternal articular surface of clavicle

General

bone

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

shoulder

Components

trapezoid (trapezius) ridge or line

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