| thoracoacromial artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and skin of shoulder and upper chest; anastomoses, branches of superior thoracic, internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral, and suprascapular. Synonym: arteria thoracoacromialis, acromiothoracic artery, thoracic axis, thoracoacromial trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thoracoacromial trunk | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and skin of shoulder and upper chest; anastomoses, branches of superior thoracic, internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral, and suprascapular. Synonym: arteria thoracoacromialis, acromiothoracic artery, thoracic axis, thoracoacromial trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracoacromial vein | <anatomy, vein> Corresponding to the artery of the same name, empties into the axillary vein, sometimes by a common trunk with the cephalic vein. Synonym: vena thoracoacromialis, thoracic axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracocentesis | <procedure> A medical procedure that involves the removal of fluid from the chest cavity using a hollow bore needle. Thoracentesis is performed for therapeutic reasons when drawing off large volumes of fluid and for diagnostic reasons (to analyse the fluid). (27 Sep 1997) |
| thoracocyllosis | A deformity of the chest. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Kyllosis, a crippling (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracocyrtosis | Abnormally wide curvature of the chest wall. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Kyrtosis, a being crooked (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracodelphus | Duplicitas posterior in which, from the navel upward, the conjoined twins are fused into one. See: conjoined twins. Synonym: thoracodelphus. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Adelphos, brother (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracodorsal | Relating to the external posterior chest wall, denoting especially an artery, vein, and nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracodorsal artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subscapular; distribution, muscles of upper part of back; anastomoses, branches of lateral thoracic. Synonym: arteria thoracodorsalis, dorsal thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracodorsal nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus; it contains fibres from the sixth, seventh, and eighth cervical nerves and supplies the latissimus dorsi muscle. Synonym: nervus thoracodorsalis, long subscapular nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracodynia | Synonym: thoracalgia. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracoepigastric vein | <anatomy, vein> One of two veins, sometimes a single vein, arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary or the lateral thoracic vein, thus forming an anastomotic or collateral pathway between tributaries of the inferior and superior venae cavae. Synonym: vena thoracoepigastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracogastroschisis | Synonym: thoracoceloschisis. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Gaster, belly, + schisis, fissure (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracograph | An obsolete term for an instrument for determining the horizontal contour of the chest. Origin: thoraco-+ G. Grapho, to record (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracolaparotomy | Exposure of diaphragmatic region by an incision that opens both thorax and abdomen (thoraco-abdominal incision). Origin: thoraco-+ laparotomy (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracotomy |
Surgery involving opening or cutting into the chest or thoracic cavity
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| thoracic outlet compression syndrome |
A neuro-vascular disorder of the upper extremity common in throwing.
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| thoracic spine |
The rib-bearing portion of the spine between the cervical and the lumbar regions.
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| thoracic outlet syndrome |
Pain in the neck, shoulders, arms, and hands due to nerve entrapments affecting the brachial plexus.
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| thoracotomy |
A surgery in which the chest is opened by making an incision between the ribs. This is used in order to gain access to the thoracic spine in some surgeries.
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