QUADRANGULAR SPACE

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SUMMARY

1. Lies b/w the subscapularis & teres major in the posterior wall of the axilla.
2. Bounded laterally by the humerus.
3. Bounded medially by the long head of the triceps.
4. Transmits the axillary nerve & posterior circumflex humeral vessels below.

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Image: Case courtesy of Dr Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 67240 [Accessed 19 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.