Axilla

Question 0

What is the base of the axilla?

Answer 0

Concave skin, subcutaneous tissue, and axillary fascia which forms axillary fossa

Question 1

What is the apex of the axilla?

Answer 1

Cervico-axillary canal

Question 2

What makes the anterior wall of axilla?

Answer 2

Pectoralis major and minor and the pectoral and clavipectoral fascia associated with them

Question 3

What makes the posterior wall of axilla?

Answer 3

Mainly by scapula and subscapularis on its anterior surface and inferiorly by teres major and lattissimus dorsi

Question 4

What makes the medial wall of the axilla?

Answer 4

Thoracic wall and overlying serratus anterior

Question 5

What makes the lateral wall of the axilla?

Answer 5

Intertubercular sulcus of the humerus