Axillary fascia

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The axillary fascia ( axillary fascia ) is a fascia that forms the caudal (lower) base of the axilla and emerges from the thoracic fascia . It can be divided into the deep axillary fascia and the superfical axillary fascia . Between the lower edge of the small pectoral muscle and the lower edge of the latissimus dorsi muscle is the superfical axillary fascia, while the deep axillary fascia is connected to the clavipectoral fascia and the serratus anterior muscle . Through this and the connection with the teres major muscle , the axillary fascia contributes to the structure of the armpit . On the arm, it continues into the brachial fascia .

In the area of ​​the sweat gland field, the axillary fascia is provided with numerous oval holes that allow small blood vessels and lymphatic tracts to pass through and which are otherwise closed by fat deposits.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on the axillary fascia in Flexikon , a wiki from DocCheck , accessed on November 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Applied and topographical anatomy: Regio axillaris . rms-gs.de

literature

  • Walter Thiel: Photographic atlas of practical anatomy . 2nd Edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-540-31242-0 , p. 680 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Walther Graumann and Dieter Sasse (eds.): Compact textbook anatomy in 4 volumes . 1st edition. tape 2 . Schattauer, 2004, ISBN 3-7945-2062-9 , p. 272 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • A. Waldeyer, A. Mayet, Friedrich Anderhuber, Franz Pera and Johanes Streicher (eds.): Human anatomy - textbook and atlas in one volume . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-022863-2 , p. 267 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • TH Schiebler (Ed.): Textbook of the entire human anatomy . Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 1977, ISBN 3-540-08166-6 , p. 240 .