Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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KEYWORDS: Axilla, Overview.

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Pectoral region and axilla

Left axilla (continued); general view of contents, clavicle removed

The subclavius muscle and the medial two-thirds of the clavicle have been removed.

1 .	Superficial cervical artery
2 .	Anterior scalene muscle
3 .	Internal jugular vein
4 .	Phrenic nerve
5 .	Upper pointer: Subclavian artery Lower pointer: Subclavian vein
6 .	Sternohyoid muscle (visible through cut-out portion of capsule of sternoclavicular joint)
7 .	Left pointer: Subclavian trunk Right pointer: Rib I
8 .	Upper pointer: Axillary artery Lower pointer: Axillary vein
9 .	Intercostobrachial nerve (cut off)
10 .	External intercostal muscle
11 .	Upper trunk
12 .	Middle trunk (11 and 12 pertain to the supraclavicular part of the brachial plexus)
13 .	Transverse scapular artery
14 .	Supraspinatus muscle
15 .	Inferior belly of omohyoid muscle (cut off)
16 .	Suprascapular nerve
17 .	Clavicle (cut off)
18 .	Coracoid process of scapula
19 .	Acromion
20 .	Joint capsule of humerus
21 .	Subscapularis muscle
22 .	Musculocutaneous nerve
23 .	Median nerve
24 .	Body of humerus
25 .	Brachial veins
26 .	Thoracodorsal nerve
27 .	Biceps brachii muscle
28 .	Latissimus dorsi muscle