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Subdivision of skeletal system of upper limb, which is the proximal segment of skeletal system of upper limb and links the skeletal system of free upper limb to the trunk; it is demarcated by the plane of the surface of the glenoid fossa from the free upper limb; together with the skeletal system of free upper limb, it constitutes skeletal system of upper limb. Examples: There is only one pectoral girdle.
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