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The Pectoral Girdle

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An illustrated right clavicle depicted from two angles: the superior view (top) and the inferior view (bottom), highlighting structural differences.

Clavicle

Don’t get tattooed here on your clavicle. It hurts.

An illustration of a human rib cage, viewed from the front. The illustration depicts the ribs arching from the spine towards the sternum in the center of the chest. The sternum is connected to the ribs via cartilage. The spine is visible at the top along with the vertebrae.

Sternum

Your heart’s very own shield .

Three views of a right scapula (shoulder blade): posterior, lateral, and anterior. The posterior view shows the flat, triangular bone from the back. The lateral view shows the side of the bone with the glenoid fossa, where the humerus (upper arm bone) articulates. The anterior view shows the concave surface of the bone from the front

Scapula

Literally patting you on the back.

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