Midaxillary line

Midaxillary line
The left side of the thorax with lines labeled
Latin	linea axillaris media
Gray's	subject #284 1309

The midaxillary line is a coronal line on the torso between the anterior axillary line and the posterior axillary line.

It is a landmark used in thoracentesis.^[1]

References

1. ^ Richard W. Light (1 April 2007). Pleural diseases. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 376–. ISBN 9780781769570. http://books.google.com/books?id=vHEpRHQXaKUC&pg=PA376. Retrieved 4 November 2010. 

External links

• http://www.meddean.luc.edu/Lumen/MedEd/MEDICINE/PULMONAR/apd/lines.htm

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