clavicle

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The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone). There are two clavicles, one on each side of the body. The clavicle is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally. Together with the shoulder blade, it makes up the shoulder girdle. It receives its name from Latin clavicula 'little key' because the bone rotates along its axis like a key when the shoulder is abducted. The clavicle is the most commonly broken bone. It can easily be fractured by impacts to the shoulder

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Your clavicle, also called your collarbone, is a slender S-shaped bone that connects your shoulder blade to your breastbone and is the only long bone in your body that runs horizontally. Because of its position and the way it rotates when you move your arm, it's particularly vulnerable to breaking from impacts to the shoulder, making it the most commonly fractured bone in the body.

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Key facts

Bone.Name: Clavicle (collarbone)
Bone.Latin: clavicula
Bone.Image: Female_clavicle.jpg
Bone.Caption: Human collarbone
Bone.Image2: Clavicle - anterior view.png
Bone.Caption2: Collarbone (shown in red)

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Research

12,494 papers

Evidence on treatment of clavicle fractures.ReviewInjury · 2023von Rüden C, Rehme-Röhrl J, Augat P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.05.049
Clavicle Shaft Fractures in Adolescents.ReviewThe Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2017Yang S, Andras LDOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2016.08.007
Congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle: a systematic review.International orthopaedics · 2022Assouto C, Bertoncelli CM, Gauci MO et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00264-022-05470-6
Clavicle length and shoulder breadth in hominoid evolution.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2023Laudicina NM, Cartmill MDOI: 10.1002/ar.25144
The human clavicle's nutrient foramen's prevalence, number, location, and direction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The surgeon : journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland · 2023Ejlersen MDOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2022.04.003
[Clavicle fractures: practical approach in clinical routine].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Müller M, Bullinger Y, Pohlemann T et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00104-023-01958-y
The embryology of the clavicle.ReviewClinical orthopaedics and related research · 1968Gardner E
The incidence of congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle and review of the literature.ReviewJournal of pediatric orthopedics. Part B · 2023Rehm A, Ashby E, Thahir A et al.DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000001024

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Wikidata facts

Image: Clavicle.gif

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Commons category: Clavicle
Commons gallery: Clavicula
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12695

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Article

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Contents

Structure
Medial end
Lateral end
Shaft
Lateral region of the shaft
Development
Variation
Functions
Muscle
Clinical significance
Collarbone fracture
Other animals
In dinosaurs
Additional media
See also
References
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==Structure== The collarbone is a thin doubly curved long bone that connects the arm to the trunk of the body. Located directly above the first rib, it acts as a strut to keep the scapula in place so that the arm can hang freely. At its rounded medial end (sternal end), it articulates with the manubrium of the sternum (breastbone) at the sternoclavicular joint. At its flattened lateral end (acromial end), it articulates with the acromion, a process of the scapula (shoulder blade), at the acromioclavicular joint.