Trapezoid line

Trapezoid line
Bone: Trapezoid line
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Left clavicle. Inferior surface. (Oblique line for trapezoid lig. labeled at center right.)
Latin linea trapezoidea
Gray's subject #49 200

From the conoid tubercule an oblique ridge, the trapezoid line (or trapezoid ridge, or oblique), runs forward and lateralward, and affords attachment to the trapezoid ligament.

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v · d · eBones of upper limbs (TA A02.4, GA 2.200–230)
Pectoral girdle,
clavicle
Scapula
Humerus
Forearm
Hand

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