The axilla (or armpit, underarm, or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also provides the under-arm sweat gland.
Anatomically, the boundaries of the axilla are:
superiorly: by the outer border of first rib, superior border of scapula, and posterior border of clavicle
medially: serratus anterior and by the ribcage
anteriorly: by the pectoralis major, minor, and subclavius
posteriorly: by the subscapularis above, and teres major and latissimus dorsi below
laterally: by the intertubercular sulcus (coracobrachialis and the short head of the biceps brachii are in the axilla.
By continuing to browse our site, you accept the use of cookies, intended to collect and store certain information during your visit and use of our services and products.
You can refuse the setup of cookies by modifying the settings. However, this may affect the quality of your user experience by limiting your possibilities, as some parts of the site may no longer function properly.
The information collected is primarily intended to facilitate your use of the site, including allowing you to view a new page without having to systematically log in again.
We use the data we obtain through the use of cookies to customize your site experience by anticipating the information and services that may be interesting to you. We subscribe to third-party societies services such as Google Analytics, Google+, Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and New Relic to further analyze the information collected with cookie technology and to help us improve the functioning of the site by monitoring traffic in popular areas and to modify the services and information we provide to meet customer demand. We use the information we collect through the use of cookies for our business purposes, including operation of the site, as well as to conduct research and product analyses to help us better develop and market our products.
The set of one or more cookies in your computer operates in the strictest respect of the current regulation. These cookies expires in just under a year.
You may, at the risk of affecting the quality of your user experience, modify the following settings:
Do you accept the set and analyses of cookies so that we can analyze your browsing in order to identify the public of our website?
Do you accept the set and analyses of cookies so that we and our partners can analyze your interests to offer you more suitable ads?
Do you accept the set and analyses of cookies to allow you to share contents of our site with other people or to make them know your researches or your opinion?
