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clavicle: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Clavicle. Oct 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Orthopaedia: Sports Medicine - Clavicle Fractures. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Fractures of the clavicle in the adult (PDF). Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Clavicle. Jan 29, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Clavicle. Dec 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Biomed Central - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - Insertion sites of the muscles attached to the clavicle: a cadaveric study of the clavicle. Oct 11, 2024
Add new Web site: OrthoInfo - Clavicle Fracture (Broken Collarbone). Jul 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - The anatomy of the clavicle. May 24, 2024
Add new Web site: MedicineNet - What Is the Function of a Clavicle? Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Clavicle Fractures. Jan 18, 2024
Added media. Nov 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - Anatomy of the Clavicle Bone. Aug 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Teach Me Anatomy - The Clavicle. Jun 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Clavicle. Feb 23, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Clavicle. Jan 09, 2023
Added information on fracture of the clavicle. Nov 23, 2020
New illustration added. Jan 14, 2009
Added new Web site: Theodora/anatomy - Human Body II - Osteology - The Clavicle. Sep 11, 2007
Added new Web site: Emuseum at Minnesota State University - The Clavicle. Sep 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Emedx.com - Collar Bone Fracture. Sep 07, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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