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What does the clavicle do?

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Clavicle is the medical term for collar bone.

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What are the clavicles?
These are also known as the collarbones.
What is the clavicle?
It is the collarbone. Also see "what is the function of the clavicle." In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is classified as a flat bone that makes up part of the shoulder girdle (pectoral...
What does clavicle?
The clavicle is the collar bone
Right clavicle larger than left clavicle?
That usually depends on which hand is dominant. The dominant hand will have a stronger and shorter clavicle. So if you're right handed, your right clavicle will be shorter but probably thicker.
What does the clavicle protect?
it protects the brachial plexus, subclavin and axillary vessels