Clavipectoral fascia
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Clavipectoral fasica is a sheet of loose connective tissue which is the deep layer of fascia in the pectoral region. It acts to suspend the floor of the axilla.
Gross anatomy
The clavicpectoral fascia lies below the clavicular head of the pectoralis major. It fills in the space between the clavicle and the pectoralis minor. Between the 1st rib and the coracoid process of the scapula the fascia is thickened to form the costocoracoid ligament.
Attachments
- lateral
- medial
- first costal cartilage
- external intercostal membrane of first two intercostal spaces
- superior
- subclavian groove
- inferior
- continuous with suspensory ligament of axillary fascia
- deep
- superficial
Traversing structures
The clavipectoral fascia is pieced by the following structures:
- lateral pectoral nerve
- thoracoacomial artery
- cephalic vein
- lymphatic vessels passing between infraclavicular and apical nodes of axilla
-<li><a title="Coracoclavicular ligament" href="/articles/coracoclavicular-ligament">coracoclavicular ligament</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/coracoclavicular-ligament">coracoclavicular ligament</a></li>
-<li>external intercostal membrane of first two <a title="Intercostal spaces" href="/articles/intercostal-spaces">intercostal spaces</a>- +<li>external intercostal membrane of first two <a href="/articles/intercostal-spaces">intercostal spaces</a>
-<li>inferior<ul><li>continuous with <a href="/articles/suspensory-ligament-of-axillary-fascia">suspensory ligament of axillary fascia</a>- +<li>inferior<ul><li>continuous with <a title="Suspensory ligament of the axilla" href="/articles/suspensory-ligament-of-the-axilla">suspensory ligament of axillary fascia</a>
-<li>deep<ul><li><a href="/articles/suspensory-ligament-of-axillary-fascia">extends in continuity with axillary sheath</a></li></ul>- +<li>deep<ul><li>extends in continuity with axillary sheath</li></ul>
-<li>superficial<ul><li><a href="/articles/suspensory-ligament-of-axillary-fascia">deep fascia of pectoralis major</a></li></ul>- +<li>superficial<ul><li>deep fascia of pectoralis major</li></ul>
-<li><a href="/articles/thoracoacomial-artery">thoracoacomial artery</a></li>-<li><a href="/articles/cephalic-vein">cephalic vein</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/axillary-artery">thoracoacomial artery</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/cephalic-vein-1">cephalic vein</a></li>
Systems changed:
- Musculoskeletal