Anatomy
·Upper Limb
Clavicle & Pectoral Girdle
⭐ PREMIUM
The pectoral girdle (clavicle + scapula) is the only bony link between the upper limb and the axial skeleton — and that single strut is the clavicle.
CLAVICLE — KEY FACTS
• First bone to ossify (5th–6th intra-uterine week) and the last epiphysis (medial) to fuse (~25 yrs).
• Ossifies in membrane (the only long bone to do so), but its ends are cartilaginous.
• Double curve: convex forward medial…
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