Clavipectoral fascia
The clavipectoral fascia is a fascia that is located on the back of the large pectoral muscle ( pectoralis major ) and surrounds the pectoralis minor ( pectoralis minor ) and subclavius (muscle under the collarbone). It is delimited from the deep pectoral fascia by the subpectoral space, which separates the two fasciae from one another, but which is laterally bounded by a stronger connection between the two fasciae. The fascia is also connected laterally with the coracoid process and medially with the first rib .
The clavipectoral fascia consists of two leaves: the ventral, thinner leaf covers the pectoralis minor muscle from the front, while the back one is located behind the small pectoral muscle and covers the fat body of the armpit . It thus also forms the anterior part of the axillary fascia , into which it merges caudally.
literature
- Walter Thiel (ed.): Photographic Atlas of Practical Anatomy . 2nd Edition. Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-540-31242-0 , p. 666 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Walther Graumann, Dieter Sasse (ed.): Compact textbook of anatomy: Volume 2: musculoskeletal system . 1st edition. Schattauer, 2004, ISBN 3-7945-2062-9 , p. 254 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Fascia clavipectoralis in Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company , accessed on November 27, 2015.