
Locate clavicle on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.
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Clavicle: labelled teaching diagram. Original labels and colours retained.
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Clavicle
Understand what you see.
Acts as a strut holding the upper limb away from the trunk.
Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.
How to recognise it.
- An S-shaped horizontal long bone
- Bulky medial end meets the sternum; flattened lateral end meets the acromion
- Conoid tubercle lies on the inferior lateral surface
Point them out.
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01How would you identify clavicle?+
An S-shaped horizontal long bone. Bulky medial end meets the sternum; flattened lateral end meets the acromion. Conoid tubercle lies on the inferior lateral surface.
02How do you orient a clavicle?+
Place the smooth surface superiorly, the flattened end laterally and the rough conoid tubercle inferiorly near the lateral end.
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