ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -One of a pair of bones at the base of the front of the neck. The collarbones connect the breastbone to the shoulder blades. Also called clavicle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The clavicles connect the breastbone to the shoulder blades. Also called collarbone.

Detailed explanation-3: -The clavicle is the bone that connects the breastplate (sternum) to the shoulder. It is a very solid bone that has a slight S-shape and can be easily seen in many people. It connects to the sternum at a joint with cartilage called the sternoclavicular joint.

Detailed explanation-4: -It receives its name from Latin clavicula ‘little key’ because the bone rotates along its axis like a key when the shoulder is abducted. The clavicle is the most commonly fractured bone.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bones that connect the upper extremity to the trunk are the clavicle, or collar bone, and the scapula, or shoulder blade. The parts of them that we can feel beneath beneath the skin can be seen in this dissection: here’s the spine of the scapula, here’s the clavicle.