pectoral girdle

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Introduction

An incomplete bony ring Consisting of: Sternoclavicular, acromioclavicular & shoulder joints.

Function

  • supports the upper limb, attaching its appendicular skeleton to the axial skeleton.

More general terms

Component of

References

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