Axillary fascia

Axillary fascia

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Latin = fascia axillaris
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GrayPage = 436


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The pectoral fascia is very thin over the upper part of the Pectoralis major, but thicker in the interval between it and the Latissimus dorsi, where it closes in the axillary space and forms the axillary fascia.


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