Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Dissection of breast and anterolateral thoracic wall

Right breast dissected in situ

1 .	Axillary fascia
2 .	Lateral thoracic artery and vein
3 .	Latissimus dorsi muscle
4 .	Thoracoepigastric vein
5 .	Nipple (mammary papilla)
6 .	Areola
7 .	Superficial fascia
8 .	Lateral cutaneous branch intercostal nerve VI
9 .	Serratus anterior muscle
10 .	Pectoralis major muscle
11 .	Mammary branch internal thoracic artery
12 .	Anterior cutaneous branch intercostal nerve II
13 .	Body of sternum
14 .	Mammary body
15 .	Cutaneous ligaments (this and other suspensory bands of the breast were divided in removing the skin)
16 .	Sheath of rectus abdominis muscle