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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Pectoral region and axilla

Left axilla (continued); brachial plexus and axillary artery

Image #91-4

KEYWORDS: Axilla, Peripheral nervous system.

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Pectoral region and axilla
Left axilla (continued); brachial plexus and axillary artery
The axillary vein and its branches have been cut away. Component parts of the brachial plexus have been separated slightly.
  1. Internal jugular vein
  2. Anterior scalene muscle
  3. Jugular trunk
  4. Subclavian artery
  5. Phrenic nerve
  6. Subclavian vein (cut off)
  7. Subscapularis muscle
  8. Rib II
  9. Long thoracic nerve
  10. Serratus anterior muscle
  11. Upper pointer: Cervical nerve V Lower pointer: Cervical nerve VI
  12. Cervical nerve VII
  13. Cervical nerve VIII
  14. Suprascapular nerve
  15. Transverse scapular artery
  16. Lateral cord of brachial plexus
  17. Branch axillary artery (to subscapularis muscle)
  18. Coracoid process of scapula
  19. Axillary nerve
  20. Musculocutaneous nerve
  21. Upper pointer: Coracobrachialis muscle Lower pointer: Anterior circumflex artery of humerus
  22. Posterior circumflex artery of humerus
  23. Axillary artery (note anomalous bifurcation a short distance distal to pointer. The lateral branch continues as the radial artery, the medial branch as the brachial artery)
  24. Radial nerve
  25. Thoracodorsal nerve
  26. Median nerve
  27. Biceps brachii muscle
  28. Ulnar nerve
  29. Middle antibrachial cutaneous nerve
  30. Thoracodorsal artery
  31. Teres major muscle
  32. Latissimus dorsi muscle