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| Thick rounded muscle, innervated by axillary nerve |
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| Innervated by the lower subscapular nerve |
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| Innervated by the suprascapular nerve |
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| Innervated by the suprascapular nerve |
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| Innervated by the axillary nerve |
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| Innervated by the upper and lower subscapular nerves |
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| Pyramidal space above skin of armpit whose size varies drastically depending on whether the arm is adducted (big) or abducted (small) |
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| Cervico-axillary canal (the passage way between the neck and the axilla) - where arteries, veins, lymphatics, and nerves traverse to get to or from the arm |
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| Formed by the concave skin of the armpit (axillary fossa) |
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| Anterior wall of the axilla |
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| Pectoralis major and minor and the fascia associated with them |
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| Posterior wall of the axilla |
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| Scapula and subscapularis on its anteior surface, and inferiorly by the teres major and latissimus dorsi. |
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| Medial wall of the axilla |
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| Thoracic wall and the overlying serratus anterior (and ribs) |
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| Lateral wall of the axilla |
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| Narrow bony wall formed by the intertubercular suclus of the humerus |
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