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30 paź 2023 · The typical intercostal nerves are mixed nerves carrying both motor and sensory innervation for the thoracic and abdominal walls. Along their course, the nerves usually give off several branches: The muscular branches for the intercostal muscles, subcostal muscles, serratus posterior superior, levatores costarum and transversus thoracis muscles.
- Brachial Plexus
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- Intercostal Veins
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- Innermost Intercostals
Innermost intercostal muscles (Musculi intercostales intimi)...
- Intercostal Muscles
External intercostal muscles (Musculi intercostales externi)...
- Intercostal Space
Intercostal spaces The eleven paired intercostal spaces...
- Thoracic Cage
The thoracic cage, also known as the rib cage, is the...
- Pectoralis Major Muscle
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- Peritoneum
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- Brachial Plexus
The branches of the brachial plexus which supply the thoracic wall include the long thoracic nerve, the lateral and medial pectoral nerves, the subclavian nerve, and the accessory phrenic nerve. Let's explore each of these branches in a bit more detail.
22 maj 2023 · The intercostal nerves are commonly grouped into two categories: typical intercostal nerves and atypical intercostal nerves. The typical intercostal nerves (IC) include IC3 through IC6, and the atypical intercostal nerves include IC1 through IC2 and IC8 through IC11.
The nerves of the thoracic wall include the intercostal nerves, which run between the ribs and supply the muscles and skin of the chest wall. 12 pairs of thoracic spinal nerves divide into posterior rami as well as anterior rami, which continue as the intercostal nerves.
24 lip 2023 · The nerve is close to the lymphatic vessels of the axilla, which are relevant during axillary lymph node dissection procedures. The subscapular lymph nodes are located in the posterior axillary fold, receiving lymph from the posterior thoracic wall and scapular region.
Thoracic nerves refer to the 12 pairs of nerves that originate from the dorsal and ventral roots of the corresponding thoracic segments. These nerves distribute sensory and motor fibers to various structures in the thoracic and abdominal wall, including muscles, blood vessels, pleura, and breast tissue.
general sense (touch, pressure, pain, heat, cold, etc.) to the skin of the trunk (except the back) and extremities; visceral pain via the white rami of the sympathetic nervous system (T1-L2) a mixed nerve containing both motor and sensory fibers