Bony Landmarks Flashcards
(137 cards)
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Digastric fossa
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Attach anterior digastric muscle
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Mental foramen
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Transmits the mental nerve, artery, and vein
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Alveolar part
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Houses roots of teeth
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Mylohyoid line
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Attach mylohyoid muscle
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Submandibular fossa
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Houses submandibular gland
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Sublingual fossa
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Houses the sublingual gland
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Superior genial tubercle (superior mental spine)
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Attach genioglossus muscle
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Inferior genial tubercle (inferior mental spine)
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Attach geniohyoid muscle
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Mylohyoid groove
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Houses mylohyoid nerve
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Ramus angle
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Attach masseter and medial pterygoid muscles
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Mandibular foramen
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Transmits the inferior alveolar nerve, artery, and vein
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Mandibular canal
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Houses the inferior alveolar nerve, artery, and vein
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Lingula
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Attach sphenomandibular ligament
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Mylohyoid groove
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Houses mylohyoid nerve
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Coronoid process
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Attach temporalis muscle
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Temporal crest
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Attach temporalis muscle
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Mandibular (sigmoid) notch
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transmit the nerve and artery to the masseter muscle
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Pterygoid fovea
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Attach lateral pterygoid muscle
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Body of Hyoid bone
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Attach mylohyoid, neioglossus, sternohyoid, omohyoid and thryrohyoid muscles
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Greater cornu of Hyoid bone
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Attach middle constrictor, hyoglossus, and stylohyoid muscles
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Lesser cornu of Hyoid bone
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Attach middle constrictor and stylohyoid ligament
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External occipital protuberance
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Attach ligamentum nuchae
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External occipital crest
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Attach ligamentum nuchae
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Superior nuchal line
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Attach trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and splenius capitis muscles
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Inferior nuchal line
Attach rectus capitis posterior major and minor muscles
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Internal occipital protuberance
Attach falx cerebelli
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Superior sagittal sulcus
Houses superior sagittal sinus
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Sulcus for transverse sinus
Houses the transverse sinus
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Basilar part of Occipital bone
Attach longis capitis and rectus capitis anterior muscles
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Foramen magnum
Transmits the spinal cord, vertebral artery and vein, and accessory nerve
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Pharyngeal tubercle
Attach pharyngeal raphe
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Occipital condyles
Articulates with atlas
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Hypoglossal canal
Transmit hypoglossal nerve
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Jugular notch and foramen
Transmits the internal jugular vein, glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves
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Sulcus chiasmatis
Houses the optic chiasm
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Optic canal
Transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery
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Hypophyseal fossa
Houses the pituitary gland
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Carotid groove
Houses internal carotid artery and carotid nerve
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Foramen rotundum
Transmits the maxillary nerve
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Foramen ovale
Transmits the mandibular nerve and accessory meningeal artery
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Spine (of sphenoid)
Attach sphnomandibular ligament
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Foramen spinosum
Transmits the middle meningeal artery and meningeal (recurrent) branch of the mandibular nerve
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Lateral surface
Attach temporalis and lateral pterygoid muscles
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Superior orbital fissure
Tranmits the ophthalmic, oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves and the ophthalmic vein
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Anterior clinoid processes
Attach tentorium cerebelli
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Pterygoid fossa
Attach medial pterygoid muscle
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Scaphoid fossa
Attach tensor palatini muscle
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Pterygoid canal
Transmits the nerve of the pterygoid canal
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Lateral pterygoid plate
Attach lateral and medial ptertgoid muscles
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Pterygoid hamulus
Deflects the tendon of the tensor palatini muscle
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Temporal surface
Attach temporalis muscle
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Zygomatic process
Attach masseter muscle
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Mandibular fossa
Articulate with TMJ disc
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Petrotympanic issure
Transmit chorda tympani nerve
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Squamotympanic fissure
Attach articular disc
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Mastoid process
Attach sternocleidomastoid, splenius capitis and longissimus capitis
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Sigmoid sulcus
Houses sigmoid sinus
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Mastoid notch
Attach posterior belly of digastric muscle
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Occipital groove
Houses occipital artery
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Trigeminal impression
Houses trigeminal ganglion
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Internal auditory meatus
Transmits facial and vestibulocochlear nerves
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Carotid canal
Transmits the internal carotid artery and carotid nerve
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Jugular fossa
Transmits the internal jugular vein adn the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves
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Canaliculus for the tympanic nerve
Transmits the tympanic nerve
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Superior border
Attach tentorium cerebelli
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Groove for the superior petrosal sinus
Houses the superior petrosal sinus
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Tegmen tympanii
Sliver of bone in squamotympanic fissure
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Styloid process
Attach stylohyoid, stylopharyngeus and styloglossus muscles and stylohyoid ligament
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Stylomastoid foramen
Transmits the facial nerve
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Inferior temporal line
Attach termporalis muscle
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Superior temporal line
Attach temporalis fascia
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Groove for the superior sagittal sinus
Houses superior sagittal sinus
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Granular foveolae
House arachnoid granulations
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Supraorbital notch or foramen
Transmits the supraorbital nerve, artery and vein
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Groove for the superior sagittal sinus
Houses the superior sagittal sinus
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Fossa for the lacrimal gland
Houses the lacrimal gland
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Anterior ethmoidal foramen
Transmits the anterior nerve, artery and vein
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Posterior ethmoidal foramen
Transmits the posterior ethmoidal nerve, artery and vein
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Crista galli
Attach falx cerebri
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Olfactory foramina
Transmit the olfactory nerve
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Anterior ethmoidal forament
Transmit the anterior ethmoidal nerve, artery, and vein
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Posterior ethmoidal foramen
Transmits the posterior ethmoidal nerve, artery, and vein
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Fossa for the lacrimal sac
House the lacrimal sac
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Infraorbital foramen
Transmits the infraorbital nerve, artery, vein
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Alveolar canals
Transmits the superior alveolar nerve, artery, and vein
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Infraorbital groove and canal
Transmits the infraorbital nerve, artery, and vein
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Greater palatine canal
Transmits the greater palatine nerve, artery and vein
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Nasolacrimal canal
Transmits the nasolacrimal duct
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Anterior lacrimal crest
Attach medial palpebral ligament
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Alveolar process
Houses roots of upper teeth
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Incisive fossa and canal
Transmits the nasopalatine nerve and greater palatine artery
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Greater palatine canal and foramen
Transmits the greater palatine nerve, artery and vein
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Lesser palatine canal and foramen
Transmits the lesser palatine nerve, artery, and vein
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Sphenopalatine foramen
Transmits the sphenopalatine artery and vein, and the posterior superior nasal nerve
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Lateral surface of Zygomatic bone
Attach zygomaticus major and masseter muscle
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Foramen rotundum
Transmit the maxillary nerve
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Pterygoid canal
Transmit the nerve of the pterygoid canal
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Infraorbital groove
Transmit the infraorbital nerve, artery, and vein
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Sphenopalatine foramen
Transmit the sphenopalatine artery and vein, and posterior superior nasal nerve
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Pterygomaxillary fissure
Transmit the posterior superior alveolar nerve, and the infraorbital, sphenopalatine and greater palatine artery and vein
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Palatovaginal canal
Transmit pharyngeal branch of the maxillary nerve
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Greater palatine canal
transmit the greater palatine nerve artery and vein
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Bregma (G. the forepart of the head)
Junction of coronal and sagittal sutures
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Lambda
Junction of the sagittal and lamboidal sutures
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Nasion
Junction of the internasal and frontonasal sutures
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Pterion
Area where parietal, sphenoid, frontal and temporal bones meet
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Zygomatic arch
Attach masseter muscle
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Coronal
Between frontal and parietal bones
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Cruciform
Between palatine processes of maxilla and horizontal processes of the palatine bones
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Lambdoid
Between occipital and parietal bones
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Sagittal
Between parietal bones
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Anterior tubercle of Atlas
Attach anterior longitudinal ligament and longus coli muscles
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Superior facet of Atlas
Articulate with occipital condyle
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Inferior facet of Atlas
Articulate with axis
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Groove for the vertebral artery of Atlas
Houses the vertebral artery and vein and suboccipital nerve
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Posterior tubercle of Atlas
Attach ligamentum nuchae and rectus capitis posterior minor muscle
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Transverse process of Atlas
Attach levator scapulae, obliquus capitis inferior and obliquus capitis superior muscles
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Transverse foramen of Atlas
Transmit the vertebral artery and vein
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Superior articular facet of Axis
Articulates with the atlas
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Impressions for the alar ligament of Axis
Attach alar ligament
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Groove for the transverse ligament of Axis
Houses the transverse ligament (cruciate)
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Vertebral notch of Axis
Transmits C3 spinal nerve
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Transverse process of Axis
Attach levator scapulae and middle scalene muscles
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Tranverse foramen of Axis
Transmits the vertebral artery and vein
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Spinous process of Axis
Attach semispinalis cervicis, rectus capitis posterior major, inferior oblique muscle
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Transverse process of C3-C7
Attach longus capitis, longus coli, scalenus anterior, scalenus medius, scalenus posterior and semispinalis capitis muscles
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Transverse foramen of C3-C7
Transmits the vertebral artery and vein
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Superior articular facet of C3-C7
Articulates with adjacent vertebra
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Inferior articular facet of C3-C7
Articulate with adjacent vertebra
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Spinous process of C3-C7
Attach splenius capitis and semispinalis cervicis muscles
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Malleus
Attach tensor tympani muscle
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Stapes
Attach stapedius muscle
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Clavicular notch and facet
Articulate with clavicle (articular disc)
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Anterior surface of sternum
Attach sternocleidomastoid muscle
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Posterior surface of sternum
Attach sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscle
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Sternal end of Clavicle
Articulate with sternum (articular disc)
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Superior surface of Clavicle
Attach sternocleidomastoid muscle
