Axilla Flashcards

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Quadrangular space contents

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Posterior circumflex artery and axillary nerve

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Quadrangular space borders

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Teres major, teres minor, long head of triceps, humerus

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Triangular hiatus borders

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Teres major

Long and lateral heads of triceps

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Triangular hiatus contents

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Radial nerve

Deep artery of arm (profundi brachii)

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Apex of axilla

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Cervico-axillary canal
Bounded by first rib, clavicle, superior edge of scapula
Arteries, veins, lymphatics, and nerves pass through

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Base of axilla

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Concave skin

Subcutaneous tissue and axillary fascia extending from arm to thoracic wall forming the axillary fossa

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Anterior wall of axilla

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Formed by pectoralis major and minor muscles and clavipectoral fascia

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Posterior wall of axilla

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formed by the scapula and subscapularis anteriorly and teres major and latissimus dorsi inferiorly

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Medial wall of axilla

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formed by the thoracic wall and the overlying serratus anterior

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Lateral wall of axilla

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Formed by intertubercular sulcus of humerus

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