Axillary lines

Axillary lines
The right side of the thorax with lines labeled
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Identifiers
Latinlineae axillares
FMA20258
Anatomical terminology

The axillary lines are the anterior axillary line, midaxillary line and the posterior axillary line.

The anterior axillary line [1] is a coronal line on the anterior torso marked by the anterior axillary fold. It's the imaginary line that runs down from the point midway between the middle of the clavicle and the lateral end of the clavicle.

The V5 ECG lead is placed on the left anterior axillary line, horizontally even with V4.[2]

The midaxillary line is a coronal line on the torso between the anterior and posterior axillary lines.

It is a landmark used in thoracentesis,[3] and the V6 electrode of the 10 electrode ECG.

The posterior axillary line is a coronal line on the posterior torso marked by the posterior axillary fold.

Additional images

  • The left side of the thorax with lines labeled
    The left side of the thorax with lines labeled

See also

This article uses anatomical terminology.

References

  1. ^ Logan, Carolynn M.; Rice, M. Katherine (1987). Logan's Medical and Scientific Abbreviations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. p. 3. ISBN 0-397-54589-4.
  2. ^ Drew, Barbara J.; Califf, Robert M.; Funk, Marjorie; Kaufman, Elizabeth S.; Krucoff, Mitchell W.; Laks, Michael M.; Macfarlane, Peter W.; Sommargren, Claire; Swiryn, Steven; Van Hare, George F. (2004-10-26). "Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: An American Heart Association Scientific Statement From the Councils on Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: Endorsed by the International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses". Circulation. 110 (17): 2721–2746. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000145144.56673.59. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 15505110.
  3. ^ Richard W. Light (1 April 2007). Pleural diseases. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 376–. ISBN 978-0-7817-6957-0. Retrieved 4 November 2010.



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