Medical Definition of Axillary arch
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An anomalous muscle or tendinus slip that passes across the axilla from the pectoralis major to insert with the latissimus dorsi onto the humerus. Though to be a vestige of the panniculus carnosus muscle of lower mammals.
Synonym: axillary arch muscle, axillary arch, pectorodorsal muscle.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axillary Arch
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