What is the proper medical term for the armpit?

Question

What is the proper medical term for the armpit?

Answer 1

The axilla (also, armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also provides the under-arm sweat gland.

In humans, the formation of body odor happens mostly in the axillary region.[1] These odorant substances serve as pheromones which play a role related to mating. The underarm regions seem more important than the genital region for body odor which may be related to human bipedalism.[2]



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axilla

Answer 2

axilla - The underarm area.



(online medical dictionary )

http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?axilla

Answer 3

Axilla

Answer 4

The vulva

Answer 5

Sweat gland