title: Structure of Clavicle In Relation to Weight Transmission.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It is a known fact that weight of upper limb is transmitted to the axial skeleton through clavicle. The present study is an attempt to correlate pattern of compact and trabecular bone of clavicle as a weight transmitting bone.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty clavicles were studied from right and left sides of 30 cadavers donated to the Anatomy department, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India. The study was focused on the thickness of compact bone of clavicle and trabecular pattern of this bone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cancellous bone: Cancellous bone near both ends of clavicle presented meshwork of thin bony plates. Between the conoid tubercle and area for attachment of costo-clavicular ligament, cancellous bone showed a definite pattern.
  The compact bone was thicker between conoid tubercle and area for attachment of costo-clavicular ligament. At midshaft point thickness of compact bone was maximum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The structure of clavicle between conoid tubercle and area for costoclavicular ligament showed thick compact bone and definite pattern of cancellous bone. This structure of clavicle between conoid tubercle and area for attachment of costo-clavicular ligament transmits weight from lateral to medial direction and this knowledge of clavicular structure will also be useful to orthopedic surgeons to deal with clavicular fractures and other abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, Pramukhswami Medical College , Karamsad, India .
authors.forename: Vipra Maulikkumar
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, Pramukhswami Medical College , Karamsad, India .
authors.forename: Rohini V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Routatal
keywords: Cancellous bone; Compact bone; Trabeculae