Variation of the Axillary Arch in Korean Cadaver.
10.11637/kjpa.2018.31.4.167
- Author:
Hyun Seok JEONG
1
;
Seong Woo JO
;
Jae Ho LEE
Author Information
1. Medical Course, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Axillary arch;
Langer's muscle;
Latissimus dorsi;
Pectoralis major;
Variation
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arm;
Attention;
Axilla;
Axillary Artery;
Cadaver*;
Female;
Humans;
Median Nerve;
Superficial Back Muscles
- From:Korean Journal of Physical Anthropology
2018;31(4):167-170
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Axillary arch is relatively common variation of muscle in the axilla. There were several attentions on axillary arch due to its anatomical and surgical importance. During educational dissection, a variant muscle was found in right arm of 68-year-old female cadaver. The variation of muscle originated from the lateral edge of the latissimus dorsi muscle as muscular form. And then, it crossed the axillary artery and median nerve as tendinous form. Finally it became wide as muscular form and inserted into the pectoralis major. We reported this variant muscle and discussed its clinical significances.
