Thoracic nerve
thoracic nerve n.
Any of 12 mixed motor and sensory nerves on each side of the spine, supplying muscles and skin of the thoracic and the abdominal walls.
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thoracic nucleus n. A column of large neurons located in the base of the posterior gray column of the spinal cord, extending from the first thoracic through the second lumbar segment, and giving rise to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract of the same side. Also called dorsal nucleus.
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
thoracic outlet syndrome n. Compression of the brachial plexus and subclavian artery by attached muscles in the region of the first rib and the clavicle, characterized by pain in the arm, numbness in the fingers, and weakness in the hand muscles.
- Thoracic wall
thoracic wall n. See chest wall.
- Thoraco-
1. a combining form representing thorax, in compound words: thoracoplasty. combining form 1. thorax: thoracotomy thoraco- or thorac- pref. Thorax: thoracoscope.
- Thoracoacromial
thoracoacromial tho·ra·co·a·cro·mi·al (thôr’ə-kō-ə-krō’mē-əl) adj. Acromiothoracic.