Subclavius muscle

Subclavius muscle

Subclavius muscle (shown in red).

Deep muscles of the chest and front of the arm, with the boundaries of the axilla. (Subclavius visible at upper left, above first rib.)
Details
Origin first rib and cartilage
Insertion subclavian groove of clavicle (inferior surface of middle third of clavicle)
Artery thoracoacromial trunk, clavicular branch
Nerve subclavian nerve
Actions depression of clavicle elevation of first rib
Identifiers
Latin musculus subclavius
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12550995
TA A04.4.01.007
FMA 13410

Anatomical terms of muscle

The subclavius is a small triangular muscle, placed between the clavicle and the first rib.[1] Along with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles, the subclavius muscle makes up the anterior wall of the axilla.[2]

Structure

It arises by a short, thick tendon from the first rib and its cartilage at their junction, in front of the costoclavicular ligament.[1]

The fleshy fibers proceed obliquely superolaterally, to be inserted into the groove on the under surface of the clavicle.

Innervation

The nerve to subclavius (or subclavian nerve), which arises from the point of junction of the fifth and sixth cervical nerves, where is called the upper trunk of brachial plexus, innervates the muscle .

Variation

Insertion into coracoid process instead of clavicle or into both clavicle and coracoid process. Sternoscapular fasciculus to the upper border of scapula. Sternoclavicularis from manubrium to clavicle between pectoralis major and coracoclavicular fascia.[1]

Function

The subclavius depresses the shoulder, carrying it downward and forward. It draws the clavicle inferiorly as well as anteriorly.

The subclavius protects the underlying brachial plexus and subclavian vessels from a broken clavicle - the most frequently broken long bone.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. 1 2 3 "IV. Myology: 13". Gray's Anatomy: The Muscles Connecting the Upper Extremity to the Anterior and Lateral Thoracic Walls. 1918.
  2. Drake, Richard, et al. Gray's Anatomy For Students, Elsevier Inc., 2005

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