| CTU | cardiac-thoracic unit; centigrade thermal unit; constitutive transcription unit |
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| CTV | cervical and thoracic vertebrae; clinical target volume |
| DRT | dorsal root, thoracic |
| ITA | inferior temporal artery; internal thoracic artery; International Tuberculosis Association |
| LITA | left internal thoracic artery |
| thoracic fistula | A fistula, either blind or complete, opening on the wall of the thorax or abdomen. Synonym: thoracic fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thoracic ganglia | Ganglia, 11 or 12 on either side, at the level of the head of each rib, constituting with the interganglionic rami the thoracic portion of the sympathetic trunk. Synonym: ganglia thoracica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic girdle | shoulder girdle |
| thoracic glands | <entomology> Insect structures that originate from the ectoderm of the ventrocaudal part of the head and serve as a source of ecdysone. Synonym: peritracheal glands, prothoracic glands, thoracic glands, ventral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic goiter | Enlargement of accessory thyroid tissue in the thorax with or without hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic index | Anteroposterior diameter of the thorax times 100 divided by the transverse diameter of the thorax. Synonym: chest index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the chest area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic interspinales muscles | Often poorly developed or absent muscles between spinous process of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis thoracis, thoracic interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic interspinal muscle | Often poorly developed or absent muscles between spinous process of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis thoracis, thoracic interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic intertransversarii muscles | Origin, transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii thoracis, thoracic intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic intertransverse muscles | Origin, transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii thoracis, thoracic intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic kidney | Ectopic kidney that partially lies above the diaphragm in the posterior mediastinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic limb | The shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, and hand. Synonym: membrum superius, superior limb, thoracic limb, upper extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic longissimus muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, with iliocostalis and from transverse processes of lower thoracic vertebrae; insertion, by lateral slips into most or all of the ribs between angles and tubercles and into tips of transverse processes of upper lumbar vertebrae, and by medial slips into accessory processes of upper lumbar and transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends vertebral column; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic and lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus longissimus thoracis, musculus longissimus dorsi, thoracic longissimus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic nerves | The twelve pairs of spinal nerves that arise from the thoracic segments of the spinal cord, each pair leaving the vertebral column below the correspondingly numbered vertebra. They innervate the body wall of the thorax and abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |