0 the technical word for the collarbone (= the bone between the shoulder and neck):
Several cases showed additional periosteal bone reaction of the ribs or the clavicle suggesting an inflammatory reaction.
However, some skeletal dysplasias have hypoplastic clavicles (cleido-cranial dysostosis) or scapulae (campomelic dysplasia).
One leg of this parallel mechanism is the articulation between the scapula and the torso, the other leg is the clavicle.
Older texts have described cutting the clavicle with a pair of scissors.
The central extremities of the clavicles are prominently depicted.
However, as the clavicle is the first bone in the term fetus to become fully ossified, this technique can prove difficult to achieve.
The size of the cuirasse can be selected so that it extends from the clavicle to below the costal margin.
Fourteen months later, she was asymptomatic but a continuous murmur was still heard below the left clavicle.
